通过在公海建立沿海物种，形成新的远洋生物群落。

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA.

Ocean and Coastal Studies Program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT, USA.

Nat Commun. 2021 Dec 2;12(1):6885. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27188-6.

Discoveries of persistent coastal species in the open ocean shift our understanding of biogeographic barriers. Floating plastic debris from pollution now supports a novel sea surface community composed of coastal and oceanic species at sea that might portend significant ecological shifts in the marine environment.

海洋中发现的持久性沿海物种改变了我们对生物地理屏障的理解。由于污染而漂浮在海面上的塑料碎片现在支持着一个由沿海和海洋物种组成的新型海面群落，这可能预示着海洋环境将发生重大的生态变化。