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Marine & Wildlife
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Microplastics, microfibres and marine snows
Nature Water
2024
3 citations
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Tamara S. Galloway,
Adam Porter
Summary
Researchers developed a digital method to study how microplastics and microfibers attach to marine and lake 'snows' — tiny clumps of organic matter that sink through the water column. This approach could speed up understanding of how plastic particles spread through aquatic ecosystems and affect marine life.
A digital method of studying the dynamic behaviours of marine and lake snows in the water column will help to speed up investigations of their behaviour and of the ecological impact of microplastics and microfibres in water bodies.