The “Plastisphere“ in the North Adriatic Sea

Maria Pinto1, Paula Polania-Zenner1, Jesse Harrison2,3, Teresa Langer1 and Gerhard J Herndl1,4, (1)Division of Bio-Oceanography, Center of Functional Ecology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria, (2)Department of Environmental Sciences, P.O. Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, (3)Division Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria, Austria, (4)Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Utrecht University, PO Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Netherlands