Author Correction: The vertical distribution and biological transport of marine microplastics across the epipelagic and mesopelagic water column

Choy, C. Anela; Robison, Bruce H.; Gagne, Tyler; Erwin, Benjamin; Firl, Evan; Halden, Rolf U.; Hamilton, J. A.; Katija, Kakani; Lisin, Susan; Rolsky, Charles; Houtan, Kyle S. Van

doi:10.1038/s41598-020-57573-y

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“…Plastic in the oceans is dominated by microplastic, defined as particles smaller than 5 mm (Zettler et al 2013;Cozar et al 2014). Choy et al (2020) recently demonstrated that key species of particle-feeding zooplankton greatly shape the distribution of microplastic by shuttling it after ingestion within the water column. As a result, microplastic particles are widespread through the oceans with a maximum contained in the mesopelagic zone (Choy et al 2020).…”

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“…Choy et al (2020) recently demonstrated that key species of particle-feeding zooplankton greatly shape the distribution of microplastic by shuttling it after ingestion within the water column. As a result, microplastic particles are widespread through the oceans with a maximum contained in the mesopelagic zone (Choy et al 2020). In contrast, Wieczorek et al (2019) found that though microplastic decrease the sinking rate of OM particles by 1.5 folds, at present they are rare within pellets suggesting that ingestion of microplastic by zooplankton have actually a minimal impact on the biological carbon pump (Wieczorek et al 2019).…”

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A focus on different types of organic matter particles and their significance in the open ocean carbon cycle

Baumas¹,

Bižić²

2024

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Marine particles are key to the cycling of major elements on Earth and play an important role in the balance of nutrients in the ocean. Three main categories of marine particles link the different parts of the open ocean by shaping carbon distribution: (i) Sinking; (ii) Suspended, and (iii) Ascending. Atmospheric carbon captured by phytoplankton in the surface water, is partly sequestered by sinking particles to the bottom of the ocean, having an important role in controlling global climate. Suspended particles represent a major substrate of organic carbon for heterotrophic microorganisms, being more likely to get remineralized. Ascending particles, depending on their content, point of origin, and ascending velocity, may lead to carbon remineralization in the upper layers of the ocean in closer proximity to the atmosphere. Marine particles are hotspots of microbial activity and thus heavily colonized by microorganisms whose dynamics play an important role in organic matter degradation, aggregation and sinking, thus, directly influencing the biological carbon pump efficiency. Microbiomes of marine particles differ depending on particle size, source, and age. Nevertheless, these factors are generally overlooked, and particles are mostly studied as "bulk" without considering the high heterogeneity between individual particles. This hinders our understanding of the carbon budget in the ocean and thus future predictions of climate change. In this review we discuss characteristics of known particle-types and associated sampling methods. We further identify gaps in knowledge and highlight the need to better understand the single particles ecosystem to improve upscaling rates to the global scale.

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Section: Plastic Particlesmentioning

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A focus on different types of organic matter particles and their significance in the open ocean carbon cycle

Baumas¹,

Bižić²

2024

Preprint

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The interaction of micro/nano plastics and the environment: Effects of ecological corona on the toxicity to aquatic organisms

Zhang¹,

Liu²,

Zhang³

et al. 2022

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

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Distribution of microplastics in seafloor sediments and their differential assimilation in nearshore benthic molluscs along the south-west coast of India

Nikhil,

Amritha,

Ranjeet

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Environmental Pollution

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Author Correction: The vertical distribution and biological transport of marine microplastics across the epipelagic and mesopelagic water column

Abstract: An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

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A focus on different types of organic matter particles and their significance in the open ocean carbon cycle

A focus on different types of organic matter particles and their significance in the open ocean carbon cycle

The interaction of micro/nano plastics and the environment: Effects of ecological corona on the toxicity to aquatic organisms

Distribution of microplastics in seafloor sediments and their differential assimilation in nearshore benthic molluscs along the south-west coast of India

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