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| Title |
Rapid bacterial colonization of low-density polyethylene microplastics in coastal sediment microcosms
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| Published in |
BMC Microbiology, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12866-014-0232-4 |
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| Authors |
Jesse P Harrison, Michaela Schratzberger, Melanie Sapp, A Mark Osborn |
| Abstract |
Synthetic microplastics (≤5-mm fragments) are emerging environmental contaminants that have been found to accumulate within coastal marine sediments worldwide. The ecological impacts and fate of microplastic debris are only beginning to be revealed, with previous research into these topics having primarily focused on higher organisms and/or pelagic environments. Despite recent research into plastic-associated microorganisms in seawater, the microbial colonization of microplastics in benthic habitats has not been studied. Therefore, we employed a 14-day microcosm experiment to investigate bacterial colonization of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) microplastics within three types of coastal marine sediment from Spurn Point, Humber Estuary, U.K. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 25 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5 | 20% |
| Brazil | 1 | 4% |
| United States | 1 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 17 | 68% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 72% |
| Scientists | 7 | 28% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 689 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | <1% |
| India | 3 | <1% |
| Denmark | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 674 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 121 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 98 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 96 | 14% |
| Researcher | 94 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 29 | 4% |
| Other | 80 | 12% |
| Unknown | 171 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 157 | 23% |
| Environmental Science | 152 | 22% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 50 | 7% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 25 | 4% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 22 | 3% |
| Other | 78 | 11% |
| Unknown | 205 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 28. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 April 2023.
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#2
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