Dissolved organic carbon leaching from plastics stimulates microbial activity in the ocean

Author(s)
Cristina Romera-Castillo, Maria Pinto, Teresa M. Langer, Xose Anton Alvarez-Salgado, Gerhard J. Herndl
Organisation(s)
Functional and Evolutionary Ecology
External organisation(s)
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Utrecht University
Journal
Nature Communications
Volume
9
No. of pages
7
ISSN
2041-1723
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03798-5
Publication date
04-2018
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
105906 Environmental geosciences
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Physics and Astronomy(all), Chemistry(all), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 14 - Life Below Water
Portal url
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/dissolved-organic-carbon-leaching-from-plastics-stimulates-microbial-activity-in-the-ocean(b9552cab-e2a1-4f09-9ef0-db5e0a1df62c).html