Millimeter-Sized Marine Plastics: A New Pelagic Habitat for Microorganisms and Invertebrates

• Julia Reisser ,

  * E-mail: jureisser@gmail.com

  Affiliations School of Environmental Systems Engineering, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Perth, Australia

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• Jeremy Shaw,

  Affiliation Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

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• Gustaaf Hallegraeff,

  Affiliation Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

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• Maira Proietti,

  Affiliation Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil

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• David K. A. Barnes,

  Affiliation British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Michele Thums,

  Affiliations Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science, The UWA Oceans Institute, Perth, Australia

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• Chris Wilcox,

  Affiliations Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Perth, Australia, Marine and Atmospheric Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Hobart, Australia

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• Britta Denise Hardesty,

  Affiliations Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Perth, Australia, Marine and Atmospheric Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Hobart, Australia

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• Charitha Pattiaratchi

  Affiliations School of Environmental Systems Engineering, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

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