References & Sources

Birth control for breakfast, anyone?

Diatoms produce compounds that lower the reproductive success of the tiny crustaceans that eat them.

References:

Miralto, A., et al. 1999. The insidious effect of diatoms on copepod reproduction. Nature 402(Nov. 11):173.

Sources:

Antonio Miralto
Stazione Zoologica "A. Dohrn"
Villa Comunale
80121 Naples
Italy

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 23, December 4, 1999, p. 365. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.