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Dissolved organic carbon leaching from plastics stimulates microbial activity in the ocean. <i>Nature Comm. 9(1)</i>: 7 pp. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03798-5\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03798-5</a>","BEntID":287189,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":1,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":1,"RefStringPartII":". <i>Nature Comm. 9(1)</i>: 7 pp. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03798-5\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03798-5</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":0,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Romera-Castillo, C.; Pinto, M.; Langer, T.M.; Alvarez-Salgado, X.A.; Herndl, G.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Romera-Castillo, C. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"Approximately 5.25 trillion plastic pieces are floating at the sea surface. The impact of plastic pollution on the lowest trophic levels of the food web, however, remains unknown. 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