10 datasets found

Interdisciplinary research involves wide spectrum of scientists and experts in the fields of oceanology, analytical chemistry, polymer chemistry, geology, biology and ecological...

Plastic marine debris is a recent introduction to marine ecosystems resulting from the widespread use of polymers in consumer goods after World War II. The current global annual...

Persistent microplastic pollution in the marine environment is inseparable from the plastisphere, the microorganisms that form biofilms on their surface. This plastisphere has...

The present study compares the structures of bacterial communities from floating plastics, sediment-associated plastics and sediments from the Mediterranean Sea. Secondly, the...

A 3-month incubation experiment in which High-density polyethylene, Low-density polyethylene and Polypropylene were deployed into the coastal waters of the Bermuda Platform to...

This study uses a combination of high-throughput DNA sequencing (HTS) and Causal Network Analysis, to investigate the biogeography, the presence and diversity of potentially...

Mediterranean Sea is vast accumulation area of plastic debris, having multiple impacts on the marine environment. The surface of these polymers is rapidly colonized by...

In order to address the plastic environmental pollution, biodegradable plastics are accepted as an acceptable environmental solution. Even if their degradation has been attested...

Plastics are offering a new niche for microorganisms colonizing their surface, the so-called ‘plastisphere’, which diversity and community structure remain to be characterized...

Aims of study were to analyse the plastic associated community across redox zones and temporal scales from a commercial marina in Denmark, samples were placed within the water...