Sediment-driven plastisphere community assembly on plastic debris in tropical coastal and marine environments

• Main Authors: Koh, Jonas, Bairoliya, Sakcham, Salta, Maria, Cho, Zin Thida, Fong, Jenny, Neo, Mei Lin, Cragg, Simon, Cao, Bin
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Southeast Asian Seas; Tropical Coastal Ecosystems
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171005
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Coastal habitats have been suggested to serve as a sink for unaccounted plastic debris, i.e., "missing plastic" in the sea, and hence, a hotspot of plastic pollution in the marine and coastal environments. Although the accumulation of plastic debris may pose significant threats to coastal...