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Sep 2026
Breaking the Ice: From Antarctic Biofouling Colonization to Plastisphere-Mediated Ecological Risks
A synthesis of current knowledge on the composition and dynamics of marine biofouling, and its role in altering the ecological setting of Southern Ocean benthic communities, is presented here. Current research on biofouling focuses on two main drivers of change: the introduction of invasive marine species (IMS) via hul...
A. Giangrande, C. Gravili, M. Gambi et al.
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