Plastic’s hidden cost to our climate
CUPIDO aims to address: what is the role of zooplankton in promoting the transport of plastic in the ocean? And how this plastic transport interferes with zooplankton’s ability to store carbon in the deep ocean?
Sakovich, Alena ORCID record for Sakovich, Alena. McClymont, Erin L. Rowlands, Emily. Manno, Clara ORCID record for Manno, Clara. (2026) Biofouled microplastics are associated with stronger shifts in late-summer lipid dynamics of juvenile copepod Calanus hyperboreus.
CUPIDO aims to address: what is the role of zooplankton in promoting the transport of plastic in the ocean? And how this plastic transport interferes with zooplankton’s ability to store carbon in the deep ocean?