Aged Buoy-derived Microplastics Alter Photosynthetic Performance and Metabolic Regulation in Pyropia yezoensis without Short-term Growth Inhibition.
Plastic aquaculture equipment can release microplastics into seaweed mariculture zones, yet the effects of these particles on cultivated macroalgae remain poorly understood. In this study, Pyropia yezoensis thalli were exposed to field-aged buoy-derived polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) micr...