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Investigating Threats to Scallops

August 9, 2021
Small Atlantic sea scallops sampled during TAS Donna Knutson’s 2016 mission aboard R/V Hugh R. Sharp for the annual scallop survey.

Photo: Donna Knutson

Sea scallops are unique from clams, molluscs and other bivalves.  All of them are filter feeders, but the sea scallop filters out larger sized particles such as diatoms and large protozoans that are larger than 50 micrometers.... Dr. Scott Gallager is looking inside the stomachs of scallops. His hypothesis is that microplastics are traveling down to the bottom of the ocean, and if they are, the scallop will siphon them into their stomach along with their food.
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