Regionally disparate ecological responses to microplastic slowing of faecal pellets yields coherent carbon cycle response

Microplastic is a ubiquitous marine pollutant whose small dimensions make it biologically available to phytoplankton and zooplankton. These organisms are crucial as the basis of the marine food web and for the export of organic material in the form of faecal pellets from the surface to deeper in the...

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Main Authors: Karin Kvale, Claire Hunt, Aidan James, Wolfgang Koeve
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1111838/full