In the 11th episode of the podcast Joe speaks to Erika Martinez Ruiz and Nele Guttmann from the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in Berlin. Together they discuss their research into the knock on effects that cigarette litter can have on algal communities in freshwater lakes. If you enjoyed listening to this episode we encourage you to read their recently published paper in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, titled "Cigarette butts enable toxigenic cyanobacteria growth by inhibiting their lethal fungal infections".

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