Marine Seagrass Can Catch and Remove Plastics from the Sea
University of Barcelona Posidonia oceanica seagrass—an endemic marine phanerogam with an important ecological role in the marine environment—can take and remove plastic materials that have been left at the sea, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The article's first author is the tenure-track 2 lecturer Anna Sànchez-Vidal, from the Research Group on Marine Geosciences of the Faculty of Earth Sciences of the University of Barcelona (UB). The study describes for the first time the outstanding role of the Posidonia as a filter and trap for plastics in the coas...
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