The geographical and seasonal effects on the composition of marine microplastic and its microbial communities

• Autor(a) principal: Marsay, Katherine S.
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Ambrosino, Ana C., Koucherov, Yuri, Davidov, Keren, Figueiredo, Neusa, Yakovenko, Iryna, Itzahri, Sheli, Martins, Marta, Sobral, Paula, Oren, Matan
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/154983
• topic: 16S; biodiversity; marine bacteria; metabarcoding; microplastics; nanopore MinION; plastic polymers; plastisphere; Microbiology; Microbiology (medical); SDG 14 - Life Below Water

This work was supported by the Israel Ministry of Science and Technology Israel-Portugal collaboration grant (3–1650). Funding Information: The authors are grateful to Maxim Rubin-Blum and Mali Salmon-Divon for scientific advice. The authors thank “ecoocean” non-profit organization for providing the Israeli research vessel and the crew. The authors acknowledge the collaboration of the Institute for Nature and Forests Conservancy (ICNF), in particular Ana Sofia Palma and the Nature Wardens, Carlos Silva known as “Lobo do Mar,” Inês Nobre and André Silveira for operating the boat and helping to collect samples in Sado. The authors express gratitude to the MARLab team of the NOVA School of Science and Technology, especially Andreia Guilherme, João Pequeno, and other volunteers who helped in field work, and also thank Isabel Menezes from the Portuguese Institute for the Ocean and Atmosphere (IPMA), for granting access to the Folsom splitter. Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2023 Marsay, Ambrosino, Koucherov, Davidov, Figueiredo, Yakovenko, Itzahri, Martins, Sobral and Oren.