New England’s only hard coral could hold answers about plastic polution
Dr. Randi Rotjan, in collaboration with Koty Sharp from Roger Williams University, Juanita Urban-Rich from the University of Massachusetts Boston, Carolina Bastidas from MIT Sea Grant and Sean Grace from Southern Connecticut State University, have been studying Northern Star Coral to determine the extent and impact of microplastics in an urban marine environment.
https://www.ecori.org/narragansett-bay/2017/8/14/nes-only-hard-coral-could-hold-answers-about-plastic-pollution