Mohamed Rida Abelouah, Mohamed Ben-Haddad, Sara Hajji, Nisrine Nouj, Maryam Ouheddou, Bilal Mghili, Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre, Leonardo Lopes Costa, Mohamed Banni, Aicha Ait Alla
Today, the world is increasingly concerned about marine litter and its interaction with marine biodiversity. However, knowledge concerning the fouling organisms associated with marine litter is very limited in many of the world's marine environments. In this survey, we investigated biofouling on different types of marine litter washed up on all the coasts of the central Atlantic of Morocco. The findings revealed 21 fouling species belonging to 9 phyla (Arthropoda, Mollusca, Echinodermata, Annelida, Bryozoa, Porifera, Chlorophyta, Ochrophyta, and Ascomycota)...
December 22, 2023: Marine Pollution Bulletin