Fungi are phylogenetically and functionally diverse ubiquitous components of almost all
ecosystems on Earth, including aquatic environments stretching from high montane lakes down …

The sea surface microlayer (SML) covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface and is the
boundary layer interface between the ocean and the atmosphere. This important …

An important aspect of the global problem of plastic debris pollution is plastic buoyancy. There
is some evidence that buoyancy is influenced by attached biofilms but as yet this is poorly …

Terrestrial fungi play critical roles in nutrient cycling and food webs and can shape macroorganism
communities as parasites and mutualists. Although estimates for the number of fungal …

Seaweed and seagrass communities in the northeast Atlantic have been profoundly impacted
by humans, and the rate of change is accelerating rapidly due to runaway CO 2 emissions …

Sphingobium yanoikuyae B1 is able to degrade a range of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) and as a sphingomonad belongs to one of the dominant genera found in PAH-…

Aquatic surface microlayers are unique microbial ecosystems found at the air–water
interface of all open water bodies and are often referred to as the neuston. Unambiguous …

Despite the huge extent of the ocean’s surface, until now relatively little attention has been
paid to the sea surface microlayer (SML) as the ultimate interface where heat, momentum and …

Mycoplankton have so far been a neglected component of pelagic marine ecosystems,
having been poorly studied relative to other plankton groups. Currently, there is a lack of …

Phytoplankton produce large amounts of polysaccharide gel material known as transparent
exopolymer particles (TEP). We investigated the potential links between phytoplankton-…