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(See K.D. Coldsnow et al, “Rapid evolution of tolerance to road salt in zooplankton.” Environmental Pollution, DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2016.12.024, 2017)
Image of the Day: Saltwater Survivors
When road deicing salt enters freshwater ecosystems, prey species such as Daphnia pulex can rapidly evolve tolerance to the contaminant, buffering their local food webs from the impacts of salination.
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