The biogeography of the Plastisphere: Implications for policy

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 541-546

  Amaral Zettler, Linda A ^a,b   Zettler, Erik R ^c   Slikas, Beth ^a   Boyd, Gregory D ^c   Melvin, Donald W ^c   Morrall, Clare E ^d   Proskurowski, Giora ^e   Mincer, Tracy J ^f  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sea Education Association   (United States)

^d ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL OCEAN; GYRE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLICY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MITIGATION; PLASTIC; POLYMER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84949229128     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/150017     Document Type: Article

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