Date of Award
2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Natural Sciences
First Advisor
Levell, Samantha
Area of Concentration
Marine Biology with Classics
Abstract
Microplastics are ubiquitous in the environment today. Their spread has been an uncontrollable side effect of the vast amounts of plastic waste leaked into the environment annually. Microplastics can have devastating impacts on ecosystems and the organisms that inhabit them. Marine life can ingest these microplastics either intentionally through the accidental misidentification of a prey item or passively through their presence in or around prey items. However, there have been no studies on microplastics in syngnathids, a focal species, within Florida waters. In this thesis I investigate the passive ingestion of microplastics in Syngnathus scovelli from the Sarasota Bay and the biological and abiological factors that may affect the size and quantity of those microplastics.
Recommended Citation
Henry, Gray, "MICROPLASTIC INGESTION IN PIPEFISH IN THE SARASOTA BAY" (2025). Theses & ETDs. 6680.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/6680