Abstract Microplastics (< 5 mm) have long been a concern in marine debris research, but
quantifying the smallest microplastics (< 333 μm) has been hampered by appropriate …

Viral abundance and processes in the water column and sediments are well studied for
some systems; however, we know relatively little about virus–host interactions on particles …

Storm events impact freshwater microbial communities by transporting terrestrial viruses and
other microbes to freshwater systems, and by potentially resuspending microbes from …

Ocean fronts with accumulated biomass and organic matter may be significant sites of
enhanced microbial activity. We sampled a frontal region (the A-Front) separating …

Black carbon (BC), the product of incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass,
constitutes a significant fraction of the marine organic carbon pool. However, little is known …

Gel-like particles are ubiquitous in marine environments, affecting global carbon cycles, but
the mechanisms controlling gel particle coagulation in seawater are not entirely clear. We …

Marine gel particles (MGP) are amorphous hydrogel exudates from bacteria and microalgae
that are ubiquitous in the oceans, but their biochemical composition and function are poorly …

Black carbon (BC, soot) has anthropogenic and non-anthropogenic origins. While BC can
contribute significantly to dissolved and particulate organic carbon pools in marine systems …

Gel particles including biopolymers, microgels, transparent exoploymeric particles (TEP),
and other classes of exopolymeric substances (EPS) are ubiquitous in the marine …

A striking feature of the planet Earth is the vast amount of water covering~ 71% of its surface
(Shiklomanov and Rodda, 2003), making it the largest life-support system. The World Ocean …