The sea cucumber Holothuria tubulosa does not reduce the size of microplastics but enhances their resuspension in the water column

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Do different habits affect microplastics contents in organisms? A trait-based analysis on salt marsh species

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Seafloor sediments as microplastic sinks in the northern Baltic Sea – Negligible upward transport of buried microplastics by bioturbation

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Holothuria tubulosa Gmelin 1791 (Holothuroidea, Echinodermata) enhances organic matter recycling in Posidonia oceanica meadows

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