Toxic dinoflagellate blooms and microplastics are widespread coastal pollutants. In this study, the scallop, Argopecten irradians, was selected as an experimental organism to systematically investigate the single and combined toxic effects of polystyrene (PS) and the toxic dinoflagellate, Alexandrium pacificum. The results showed that both PS and algal cells could be ingested by A. irradians. The survival rate of A. irradians...

The H5N8 avian influenza viruses have been widely circulating in wild birds and are responsible for the loss of over 33 million domestic poultry in Europe, Russia, Middle East, and Asia since January 2020. To monitor the invasion and spread of the H5N8 virus in China, we performed active surveillance by analyzing 317 wild bird samples and swab samples collected from 41,172 poultry all over the country. We isolated 22 H5N8 viru...