Microbial colonization of microplastics in the Caribbean Sea

Abstract Microplastics in the ocean function as an artificial microbial reef, with diverse communities of eukaryotic and bacterial microbiota colonizing its surface. It is not well understood if these communities are specific for the type of microplastic on which they develop. Here, we carried out a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kassandra L. Dudek, Bianca N. Cruz, Beth Polidoro, Susanne Neuer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-02-01
Series:Limnology and Oceanography Letters
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10141