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Articles

Ecological effects of microplastics on microorganism characteristics in sediments of the Daihai Lakeshore, China

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Pages 15-31 | Received 01 Sep 2021, Accepted 01 Nov 2021, Published online: 28 Jan 2022

Figures & data

Figure 1. Geographic position and sampling sites location in the Daihai Lakeshore.

Figure 1. Geographic position and sampling sites location in the Daihai Lakeshore.

Figure 2. The abundance distribution characteristics (a), size (b), shape (c) and color (d) proportion of microplastics in the lakeshore of Daihai Basin. It depicts the variance of size, shape and color in all sampling sites.

Figure 2. The abundance distribution characteristics (a), size (b), shape (c) and color (d) proportion of microplastics in the lakeshore of Daihai Basin. It depicts the variance of size, shape and color in all sampling sites.

Figure 3. Abundance of microorganism of sediments in the lakeshore of Daihai Basin. Cluster with abundances >0.3% in samples are shown. (a) Phylum level and (b) Genus level.

Figure 3. Abundance of microorganism of sediments in the lakeshore of Daihai Basin. Cluster with abundances >0.3% in samples are shown. (a) Phylum level and (b) Genus level.

Table 1. Abundance of the top seven dominant microorganism (phylum level).

Table 2. Physicochemical profile of the sediment samples.

Table 3. Correlation between micropalstics, physicochemical properties and dominant microorganism.

Figure 4. Redundancy analysis of dominant microorganism in phylum level by microplastics and physicochemical factors.

Figure 4. Redundancy analysis of dominant microorganism in phylum level by microplastics and physicochemical factors.

Figure 5. The abundance of KEGG pathways present at the sediments samples in level 1 (a) and level 2 (b).

Figure 5. The abundance of KEGG pathways present at the sediments samples in level 1 (a) and level 2 (b).