Climate change and the potential spreading of marine mucilage and microbial pathogens in the Mediterranean Sea.

<h4>Background</h4>Marine snow (small amorphous aggregates with colloidal properties) is present in all oceans of the world. Surface water warming and the consequent increase of water column stability can favour the coalescence of marine snow into marine mucilage, large marine aggregates...

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Main Authors: Roberto Danovaro, Serena Fonda Umani, Antonio Pusceddu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19759910/?tool=EBI