根据一项新的研究，沙滩生态系统中的一个关键物种——沙蟹被发现在接触塑料微纤维时，会增加成年死亡率，降低繁殖成功率。

Microplastics affect sand crabs' mortality and reproduction

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200117094327.htm

Journal Reference:

1. DorothyA. Horn, Elise F. Granek, Clare L. Steele. Effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of microplastic fibers on Pacific mole crab ( Emerita analoga ) mortality and reproduction. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 2019; DOI: 10.1002/lol2.10137