Zooplankton fecal pellets, marine snow, phytodetritus and the ocean's biological pump

JT Turner - Progress in Oceanography, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The “biological pump” is the process by which photosynthetically-produced organic matter in
the ocean descends from the surface layer to depth by a combination of sinking particles …

Flocculation with heterogeneous composition in water environments: a review

QN Ho, M Fettweis, KL Spencer, BJ Lee - Water Research, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Flocculation is a key process for controlling the fate and transport of suspended particulate
matter (SPM) in water environments and has received considerable attention in the field of …

Rapid aggregation of biofilm-covered microplastics with marine biogenic particles

J Michels, A Stippkugel, M Lenz… - Proceedings of the …, 2018‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ocean plastic pollution has resulted in a substantial accumulation of microplastics in the
marine environment. Today, this plastic litter is ubiquitous in the oceans, including even …

High-avidity IgA protects the intestine by enchaining growing bacteria

K Moor, M Diard, ME Sellin, B Felmy, SY Wotzka… - Nature, 2017‏ - nature.com
Vaccine-induced high-avidity IgA can protect against bacterial enteropathogens by directly
neutralizing virulence factors or by poorly defined mechanisms that physically impede …

Interactions between polystyrene microplastics and marine phytoplankton lead to species-specific hetero-aggregation

M Long, I Paul-Pont, H Hegaret, B Moriceau… - Environmental …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
To understand the fate and impacts of microplastics (MP) in the marine ecosystems, it is
essential to investigate their interactions with phytoplankton as these may affect MP …

Nano-and microplastics trigger secretion of protein-rich extracellular polymeric substances from phytoplankton

RF Shiu, CI Vazquez, CY Chiang, MH Chiu… - Science of the total …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The substantial increase in plastic pollution in marine ecosystems raises concerns about its
adverse impacts on the microbial community. Microorganisms (bacteria, phytoplankton) are …

Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in aquatic environments

U Passow - Progress in oceanography, 2002‏ - Elsevier
Since the development of methods to quantify transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) 1993,
it has been shown that these gel-particles are not only ubiquitous and abundant, but also …

Growth physiology and fate of diatoms in the ocean: a review

G Sarthou, KR Timmermans, S Blain, P Tréguer - Journal of sea research, 2005‏ - Elsevier
Diatoms are a major component of phytoplankton community. They tend to dominate under
natural high-nutrient concentrations, as well as during artificial Fe fertilisation experiments …

Marine aggregates facilitate ingestion of nanoparticles by suspension-feeding bivalves

JE Ward, DJ Kach - Marine environmental research, 2009‏ - Elsevier
As the application of nanomaterials to science and technology grows, the need to
understand any ecotoxicological effects becomes increasingly important. Recent studies on …

Transparent exopolymer particles: Effects on carbon cycling in the ocean

X Mari, U Passow, C Migon, AB Burd… - Progress in …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Transparent Exopolymer Particles (TEP) have received considerable attention
since they were first described in the ocean more than 20 years ago. This is because of their …