Previous Research

For a vivid and engaging overview of the background to this project I recommend watching the documentary Into the Gyre, which can be rented or purchased through Vimeo On Demand. You can see Emelia in the video explaining the study on the microbes inhabiting the microplastics. For a scientific article, one of the most seminal has been Zettler et al,  Life in the “Plastisphere”: Microbial Communities on Plastic Marine Debris. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2013, 47 (13), pp 7137–7146 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es401288x