Bhavani Narayanaswamy
Scottish Association for Marine Science
74 Papers
255 Citations
Bhavani Narayanaswamy is an academic researcher from Scottish Association for Marine Science. The author has contributed to research in topics: Microplastics & Benthic zone. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 63 publications. Previous affiliations of Bhavani Narayanaswamy include University of Massachusetts Amherst & Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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Papers
The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris
Lucy C. Woodall,Anna Sanchez-Vidal,Miquel Canals,Gordon L.J. Paterson,Rachel L. Coppock,Victoria A. Sleight,A. Calafat,Alex Rogers,Bhavani Narayanaswamy,Richard C. Thompson +9 more
TL;DR: It is shown that deep-sea sediments are a likely sink for microplastics, and the dominance of microfibres points to a previously underreported and unsampled plastic fraction.
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Deep, diverse and definitely different: unique attributes of the world's largest ecosystem
Eva Ramirez-Llodra,Angelika Brandt,Roberto Danovaro,B. De Mol,Elva Escobar,Christopher R. German,Lisa A. Levin,P. Martinez Arbizu,Lenaick Menot,Pål Buhl-Mortensen,Bhavani Narayanaswamy,Craig R. Smith,Derek P. Tittensor,Paul A. Tyler,Ann Vanreusel,Michael Vecchione +15 more
TL;DR: A review of deep-sea habitats and their fauna can be found in this paper, where the authors discuss threats from anthropogenic activities to deep sea habitats and faunal communities.
Global Patterns and Predictions of Seafloor Biomass Using Random Forests
Chih-Lin Wei,Gilbert T. Rowe,Elva Escobar-Briones,Antje Boetius,Thomas Soltwedel,M. Julian Caley,Yousria Soliman,Falk Huettmann,Fangyuan Qu,Zishan Yu,C. Roland Pitcher,Richard L. Haedrich,Mary K. Wicksten,Michael A. Rex,Jeffrey G. Baguley,Jyotsna Sharma,Roberto Danovaro,Ian R. MacDonald,Clifton C. Nunnally,Jody W. Deming,Paul A. Montagna,Mélanie Lévesque,Jan Marcin Węsławski,Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk,Baban Ingole,Brian J. Bett,David S.M. Billett,Andrew Yool,Bodil A. Bluhm,Katrin Iken,Bhavani Narayanaswamy +30 more
TL;DR: This biomass census and associated maps are vital components of mechanistic deep-sea food web models and global carbon cycling, and as such provide fundamental information that can be incorporated into evidence-based management.
Microplastic Pollution Identified in Deep-Sea Water and Ingested by Benthic Invertebrates in the Rockall Trough, North Atlantic Ocean
TL;DR: This study presents the first snapshot of deep ocean microplastics and the quantification of microplastic pollution in the Rockall Trough and identifies processes of vertical re-distribution.
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Microplastics and synthetic particles ingested by deep-sea amphipods in six of the deepest marine ecosystems on Earth
Alan J. Jamieson,L Brooks,Wdk Reid,Stuart B. Piertney,Bhavani Narayanaswamy,Thomas D. Linley +5 more
TL;DR: This study reports the deepest record of microplastic ingestion, indicating that anthropogenic debris is bioavailable to organisms at some of the deepest locations in the Earth's oceans.
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