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dc.contributor.authorNanninga, GB
dc.contributor.authorHorswill, C
dc.contributor.authorLane, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorManica, A
dc.contributor.authorBriffa, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-15T12:03:46Z
dc.date.available2022-02-15T12:03:46Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.identifier.issn2666-9110
dc.identifier.issn2666-9110
dc.identifier.other100005
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/18777
dc.description.abstract

The contamination of natural systems with plastic debris has become one of the most pressing global environmental issues. Microplastics (MPs) are of particular concern because their ubiquity and small size make them available for ingestion by a range of aquatic biota. MP exposure studies are hence proliferating rapidly but are typically limited to the analyses of population-level responses in toxicity endpoints across treatments. Potential contaminant-induced alterations in behavioural patterns, however, could manifest on numerous levels of variation: at the population level, between individuals and within individuals. Here, we used repeated measures on startle response durations – a risk-avoidance mechanism – in European hermit crabs, Pagurus bernhardus, to measure behavioural responses to MP exposure across multiple levels of variation. We found that MP exposure led to a significant decrease of startle duration at the population-level as well as a reduction of intra-individual variation. In other words, crabs became less risk averse on average and their behaviour became more predictable with increasing MP concentrations. Collectively, our findings indicate that MP pollution might increase susceptibility to predation in hermit crabs.

dc.format.extent100005-100005
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.titleMicroplastic exposure increases predictability of predator avoidance strategies in hermit crabs
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
plymouth.volume1
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalJournal of Hazardous Materials Letters
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.hazl.2020.100005
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups/Marine Institute
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dcterms.dateAccepted2020-10-20
dc.rights.embargodate2022-2-16
dc.identifier.eissn2666-9110
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot known
rioxxterms.funderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
rioxxterms.identifier.projectThe role of skill in animal contests: Analysis of a neglected RHP trait in fighting hermit crabs
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1016/j.hazl.2020.100005
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2020-11
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
plymouth.funderThe role of skill in animal contests: Analysis of a neglected RHP trait in fighting hermit crabs::Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council


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