Is There a Disruption of the Marine Environment?

Marine mucilage is a gelatinous, evolving stage of marine snow. It can reach huge dimensions and cover areas of hundreds of kilometers of coast line. The authors here write these processes can be associated with viral infections of procareotes or pido plancton which further contributes to an accumulation of dissolved matter in the water column. So ecoliative bacteria and viruses can thrive in this environment that's not good at all for them.