Accumulation, transformation and transport of microplastics in estuarine fronts

T Wang, S Zhao, L Zhu, JC McWilliams… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Millions of tons of riverine plastic waste enter the ocean via estuaries annually. The plastics
accumulate, fragment, mix and interact with organisms in these dynamic systems, but such …

Uncertain response of ocean biological carbon export in a changing world

SA Henson, C Laufkötter, S Leung, SLC Giering… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
The transfer of organic carbon from the upper to the deep ocean by particulate export flux is
the starting point for the long-term storage of photosynthetically fixed carbon. This 'biological …

Ups and downs in the ocean: effects of biofouling on vertical transport of microplastics

M Kooi, EH Nes, M Scheffer… - Environmental science & …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Recent studies suggest size-selective removal of small plastic particles from the ocean
surface, an observation that remains unexplained. We studied one of the hypotheses …

Fate of nano-and microplastic in freshwater systems: A modeling study

E Besseling, JTK Quik, M Sun, AA Koelmans - Environmental pollution, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Riverine transport to the marine environment is an important pathway for microplastic.
However, information on fate and transport of nano-and microplastic in freshwater systems is …

[PDF][PDF] Nanoplastics in the aquatic environment. Critical review

AA Koelmans, E Besseling, WJ Shim - Marine anthropogenic litter, 2015‏ - library.oapen.org
A growing body of literature reports on the abundance and effects of plastic debris, with an
increasing focus on microplastic particles smaller than 5 mm. It has often been suggested …

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 …

Global niche of marine anaerobic metabolisms expanded by particle microenvironments

D Bianchi, TS Weber, R Kiko, C Deutsch - Nature Geoscience, 2018‏ - nature.com
In ocean waters, anaerobic microbial respiration should be confined to the anoxic waters
found in coastal regions and tropical oxygen minimum zones, where it is energetically …

Particle size distribution and optimal capture of aqueous macrobial eDNA

CR Turner, MA Barnes, CCY Xu… - Methods in Ecology …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Using environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect aquatic macroorganisms is a new survey
method with broad applicability. However, the origin, state and fate of aqueous macrobial …

Field-based evidence for microplastic in marine aggregates and mussels: implications for trophic transfer

S Zhao, JE Ward, M Danley… - Environmental science & …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
Marine aggregates incorporate particles from the environment, including microplastic (MP).
The characteristics of MP in aggregates and the role of aggregates in linking MP with marine …

Diatom fucan polysaccharide precipitates carbon during algal blooms

S Vidal-Melgosa, A Sichert, TB Francis… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
The formation of sinking particles in the ocean, which promote carbon sequestration into
deeper water and sediments, involves algal polysaccharides acting as an adhesive, binding …