Sequestration of Polystyrene Microplastics by Jellyfish Mucus

The worldwide microplastics pollution is a serious environmental and health problem that is currently not effectively mitigated. In this work we tested jellyfish mucus as a new bioflocculent material capable of sequestration of polystyrene microplastics in aqueous environments. Mucus material was co...

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Main Authors: Živa Lengar, Katja Klun, Iztok Dogsa, Ana Rotter, David Stopar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.690749/full