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Impacts of Biofilm Formation on the Fate and Potential Effects of Microplastic in the Aquatic Environment

C. Rummel, Annika Jahnke, E. Gorokhova, D. Kühnel, Mechthild Schmitt‐Jansen

2017.6.21Environmental Science & Technology Letters

DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.7b00164

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The physical interactions of early microbial colonization on plastic surfaces and their reciprocal influence on the weathering processes and vertical transport as well as sorption and release of contaminants by MP are reviewed.

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RUMMEL, C., et al. Impacts of biofilm formation on the fate and potential effects of microplastic in the aquatic environment. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2017, 4: 258–267.