Macrofouling communities and the degradation of plastic bags in the sea: an in situ experiment

The increasing amount of plastic littered into the sea may provide a new substratum for benthic organisms. These marine fouling communities on plastic have not received much scientific attention. We present, to our knowledge, the first comprehensive analysis of their macroscopic community compositio...

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Main Authors: Nora-Charlotte Pauli, Jana S. Petermann, Christian Lott, Miriam Weber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2017-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.170549