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...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-02-01
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Series: | Limnology and Oceanography Letters |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10141 |