Freshwater algal biofilm assemblages are more effective than invertebrate assemblages at aggregating microplastics
Microplastics, plastic particles less than 5 mm in length, are a ubiquitous pollutant in the environment, but research on freshwater microplastic contamination is lacking. A possible fate of microplastics in freshwater environments is to become entangled or aggregated in biofilms, which are matrices...
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Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-01-01
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023104476 |