Fig. 5: Species richness in the Antarctic plastisphere. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 5: Species richness in the Antarctic plastisphere.

From: Oceanic regions shape the composition of the Antarctic plastisphere

Fig. 5

Mean number of observed ASVs per plastic sample from the Antarctic Peninsula, according to geographic region (Northwestern n = 14, and Southwestern n = 12), polymer type (PA – polyamide n = 3; PE – polyethylene n = 4; PP – polypropylene n = 1*; PS – polystyrene n = 2; PU – polyurethane n = 3) and plastic shape (foam n = 2; fragment n = 13; line n = 9 and pellet n = 2). *Not considered for statistical analyses.

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