Polymer specific or core plastisphere? Using microscopy and DNA based analyses to assess microbial colonization of microplastics in the Caribbean Sea

Kassandra Dudek1, Bianca Nahir Cruz2, Beth Polidoro3 and Susanne Neuer2, (1)Arizona State University, School of Life Science, Tempe, AZ, United States, (2)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, (3)Arizona State University, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, AZ, United States