#plastisphere — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #plastisphere, aggregated by home.social.
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New publication: Zooming in the #plastisphere: the ecological interface for #phytoplankton–#plastic interactions in aquatic ecosystems. #aquaticfoodwebs #microalgae #biodiversity #metabolictraits
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#Microbes hitchhiking on #plastics in our oceans
https://fems-microbiology.org/femsmicroblog-microbes-hitchhiking-on-plastics-in-our-oceans/"As a densely populated micro-ecosystem, the #plastisphere is made up of primary producers, predators, symbionts, and decomposers. #Diatoms are considered to be one of the earliest colonizers of plastic surfaces. Over time, as the community matures, they are replaced by other eukaryotes, such as heterotrophic #dinoflagellates."