Environmental Science & Technology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Май 10, 2025
Microplastics (MPs) transport bacteria from rivers to oceans, impacting aquatic ecosystems. In situ incubation, a common method for studying bacterial communities on MPs, cannot reproduce complex and realistic environmental dynamics. Herein, natural incubation experiment was performed the migration of nine different substrates sea examine succession their surfaces. Furthermore, an in sequential were compared. Substantial structural changes observed MPs along riverine courses ocean, with implications biosecurity, elemental cycling, degradation potential Rapid fluctuations salinity prevalent factor significant community MPs. The type substrate has effect formation structure communities, which depend composition. Unlike reproduces dynamics, providing more comprehensive information species composition, diversity, functional metabolism, This study introduces novel methodological approach MP research enhances our understanding ecological risks associated transported ocean.
Язык: Английский