Microplastics increase the marine production of particulate forms of organic matter

Distribution of plastic polymer types in the marine environment; A meta-analysis

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Transparent exopolymer particle (TEP) distribution and in situ prokaryotic generation across the deep Mediterranean Sea and nearby North East Atlantic Ocean

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The vertical distribution and biological transport of marine microplastics across the epipelagic and mesopelagic water column

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Heterotrophic Bacteria Enhance the Aggregation of the Marine Picocyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus

(2019) Bianca N. Cruz et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Dissolved organic carbon leaching from plastics stimulates microbial activity in the ocean

(2018) Cristina Romera-Castillo et al.   Nature Communications

Low-dose addition of silver nanoparticles stresses marine plankton communities

(2018) Anastasia Tsiola et al.   Environmental Science-Nano

Closing the gap between small and smaller: towards a framework to analyse nano- and microplastics in aqueous environmental samples

(2018) S. M. Mintenig et al.   Environmental Science-Nano

Rapid aggregation of biofilm-covered microplastics with marine biogenic particles

(2018) Jan Michels et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Polystyrene microplastics increase microbial release of marine Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter in microcosm experiments

(2018) Luisa Galgani et al.   Scientific Reports

Effects of biofouling on the sinking behavior of microplastics

(2017) David Kaiser et al.   Environmental Research Letters

All is not lost: deriving a top-down mass budget of plastic at sea

(2017) Albert A Koelmans et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Transparent exopolymer particles: Effects on carbon cycling in the ocean

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Impacts of Biofilm Formation on the Fate and Potential Effects of Microplastic in the Aquatic Environment

(2017) Christoph D. Rummel et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Interactions of microplastic debris throughout the marine ecosystem

(2017) Tamara S. Galloway et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Effects of nutrient limitation on cell growth, TEP production and aggregate formation of marine Synechococcus

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Microplastics Alter the Properties and Sinking Rates of Zooplankton Faecal Pellets

(2016) Matthew Cole et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microzooplankton regulation of surface ocean POC:PON ratios

(2016) D. Talmy et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Confirming the “Rapid phosphorus transfer from microorganisms to mesozooplankton in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea” scenario through a mesocosm experiment

(2016) Paraskevi Pitta et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

Effects of clay minerals on the aggregation and subsequent settling of marineSynechococcus

(2015) Wei Deng et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Microbial Surface Colonization and Biofilm Development in Marine Environments

(2015) Hongyue Dang et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

(2014) Marcus Eriksen et al.   PLoS One

Plastic debris in the open ocean

(2014) A. Cozar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effects of ocean acidification on the biogenic composition of the sea-surface microlayer: Results from a mesocosm study

(2014) Luisa Galgani et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS

Strong latitudinal patterns in the elemental ratios of marine plankton and organic matter

(2013) Adam C. Martiny et al.   Nature Geoscience

Microbial control of the dark end of the biological pump

(2013) Gerhard J. Herndl et al.   Nature Geoscience

Present and future global distributions of the marine Cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus

(2013) P. Flombaum et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Marine Microgels

(2011) Pedro Verdugo   Annual Review of Marine Science

Early microbial biofilm formation on marine plastic debris

(2010) Delphine Lobelle et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microbial production of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter: long-term carbon storage in the global ocean

(2010) Nianzhi Jiao et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY