Zooplankton grazing of microplastic can accelerate global loss of ocean oxygen

oleh: K. Kvale, A. E. F. Prowe, C.-T. Chien, A. Landolfi, A. Oschlies

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-04-01

Deskripsi

Microplastic pollution is a major threat to marine food webs, but the wider ranging impacts on global ocean biogeochemistry are poorly understood. Here the authors use an Earth system model to determine that zooplankton grazing on microplastics could exacerbate trends in ocean oxygen loss.