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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 coastal areas, and it is a pioneer in the description of a natural mechanism to take and remove these materials from the sea. Other authors of the study are the experts Miquel Canals, William P. de Haan, and Marta Veny, from the Research Group on Marine Geosciences at UB, and Javier Romero, from the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) at UB.
Seagrass Helps to Eliminate Plastics from Coastal Areas
A new study has reported that
Posidonia oceanica seagrass a kind of endemic marine phanerogam that plays a crucial ecological role in the marine environment can trap and eliminate plastic materials abandoned at the sea.
This natural mechanism could trap about 867 million plastic per year in coastal areas. Image Credit: Jordi Regàs.
The first author of the study, which was published in the
Scientific Reports journal, is the tenure-track 2 lecturer Anna Sànchez-Vidal, who is part of the Research Group on Marine Geosciences of the Faculty of Earth Sciences of the University of Barcelona (UB).
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IMAGE: In the grasslands, the plastics are incorporated to agglomerates of natural fiber with a ball shape (aegagropila or Posidonia Neptune balls). view more
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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 coastal areas, and it is pioneer in the description of a natural mechanism to take and remove these materials from the sea. Other authors of the study are the experts Miquel Canals, William P. de Haan and Marta Ve