Bacterial community are more susceptible to nanoplastics than algae community in aquatic ecosystems dominated by submerged macrophytes

• Published in: Water research (Oxford) Vol. 232; p. 119717
• Main Authors: Hao, Beibei, Wu, Haoping, You, Yi, Liang, Ying, Huang, Lihua, Sun, Yan, Zhang, Siyi, He, Bin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2023
• Subjects: algae; Algae-bacteria interaction; Association network; Bacteria; bacterial communities; community structure; Ecosystem; macrophytes; Microplastics; nanoplastics; Phyllosphere; Phytoplankton; Plankton; Plants; Plastics; pollutants; Submerged macrophytes; toxicity; water; Algae-bacteria interaction; Phytoplankton; Microplastics; Association network; Submerged macrophytes; Phyllosphere

•Unravel NPs effects on algae and bacteria in macrophytes-dominated ecosystem.•NPs reduced the diversity of planktonic/phyllopheric bacteria rather than algae.•Environmental variables significantly affected and explained bacterial composition.•NPs reduce algae-bacteria and planktonic-phyllospheric m...