date:Feb 16, 2013
A recent report by Cefas scientists found that ocean acidification, caused by climate change, could result in sediments contaminated with metals becoming more toxic and harming the animals that graze on that sediment.
The study looked at crustaceans that feed on the surface of sediments from dredged ports and estuaries.
The combined effect on these animals, of coping with adapting to climate change as well as increased toxin levels, could prove to be fatal, said Dave Sheahan, a senior Cefas re