Plastic pollution of four understudied marine ecosystems: a review of mangroves, seagrass meadows, the Arctic Ocean and the deep seafloor
Plastic pollution is now a worldwide phenomenon affecting all marine ecosystems, but some ecosystems and regions remain understudied. Here, we review the presence and impacts of macroplastics and microplastics for four such ecosystems: mangroves, seagrass meadows, the Arctic Ocean and the deep seafl...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:56174 2023-07-16T03:55:34+02:00 Plastic pollution of four understudied marine ecosystems: a review of mangroves, seagrass meadows, the Arctic Ocean and the deep seafloor Walther, Bruno Andreas Bergmann, Melanie 2022-10-10 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/56174/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/56174/1/Walther_Bergmann_2022.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.f7f42e31-c518-455b-8364-c838de9fc548 unknown https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/56174/1/Walther_Bergmann_2022.pdf Walther, B. A. orcid:0000-0002-0425-1443 and Bergmann, M. orcid:0000-0001-5212-9808 (2022) Plastic pollution of four understudied marine ecosystems: a review of mangroves, seagrass meadows, the Arctic Ocean and the deep seafloor , Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, pp. 1-17 . doi:10.1042/ETLS20220017 <https://doi.org/10.1042/ETLS20220017> , hdl:10013/epic.f7f42e31-c518-455b-8364-c838de9fc548 EPIC3Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, pp. 1-17 Article isiRev 2022 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1042/ETLS20220017 2023-06-25T23:19:57Z Plastic pollution is now a worldwide phenomenon affecting all marine ecosystems, but some ecosystems and regions remain understudied. Here, we review the presence and impacts of macroplastics and microplastics for four such ecosystems: mangroves, seagrass meadows, the Arctic Ocean and the deep seafloor. Plastic production has grown steadily, and thus the impact on species and ecosystems has increased, too. The accumulated evidence also indicates that plastic pollution is an additional and increasing stressor to these already ecosystems and many of the species living in them. However, laboratory or field studies, which provide strong correlational or experimental evidence of ecological harm due to plastic pollution remain scarce or absent for these ecosystems. Based on these findings, we give some research recommendations for the future. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Arctic Arctic Ocean Emerging Topics in Life Sciences 6 4 371 387 |
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Plastic pollution is now a worldwide phenomenon affecting all marine ecosystems, but some ecosystems and regions remain understudied. Here, we review the presence and impacts of macroplastics and microplastics for four such ecosystems: mangroves, seagrass meadows, the Arctic Ocean and the deep seafloor. Plastic production has grown steadily, and thus the impact on species and ecosystems has increased, too. The accumulated evidence also indicates that plastic pollution is an additional and increasing stressor to these already ecosystems and many of the species living in them. However, laboratory or field studies, which provide strong correlational or experimental evidence of ecological harm due to plastic pollution remain scarce or absent for these ecosystems. Based on these findings, we give some research recommendations for the future. |
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Plastic pollution of four understudied marine ecosystems: a review of mangroves, seagrass meadows, the Arctic Ocean and the deep seafloor |
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Plastic pollution of four understudied marine ecosystems: a review of mangroves, seagrass meadows, the Arctic Ocean and the deep seafloor |
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Plastic pollution of four understudied marine ecosystems: a review of mangroves, seagrass meadows, the Arctic Ocean and the deep seafloor |
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