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Verfasst von:de Souza Machado, Anderson Abel
 Lau, Chung Wai
 Till, Jennifer
 Kloas, Werner
 Lehmann, Anika
 Becker, Roland
 Rillig, Matthias C
Titel:Impacts of Microplastics on the Soil Biophysical Environment
Verlagsort:United States
Verlag:American Chemical Society
Jahr:2018
Fussnoten:ObjectType-Article-1 ; ObjectType-Feature-2 ; SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ; content type line 23
Inhalt:Soils are essential components of terrestrial ecosystems that experience strong pollution pressure. Microplastic contamination of soils is being increasingly documented, with potential consequences for soil biodiversity and function. Notwithstanding, data on effects of such contaminants on fundamental properties potentially impacting soil biota are lacking. The present study explores the potential of microplastics to disturb vital relationships between soil and water, as well as its consequences for soil structure and microbial function. During a 5-weeks garden experiment we exposed a loamy sand soil to environmentally relevant nominal concentrations (up to 2%) of four common microplastic types (polyacrylic fibers, polyamide beads, polyester fibers, and polyethylene fragments). Then, we measured bulk density, water holding capacity, hydraulic conductivity, soil aggregation, and microbial activity. Microplastics affected the bulk density, water holding capacity, and the functional relationship between the microbial activity and water stable aggregates. The effects are underestimated if idiosyncrasies of particle type and concentrations are neglected, suggesting that purely qualitative environmental microplastic data might be of limited value for the assessment of effects in soil. If extended to other soils and plastic types, the processes unravelled here suggest that microplastics are relevant long-term anthropogenic stressors and drivers of global change in terrestrial ecosystems.
ISSN:0013-936X
Titel Quelle:Environmental science & technology
Jahr Quelle:2018
Band/Heft Quelle:52, 17, S. 9656-9665
DOI:doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b02212
URL:http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/cgi-bin/edok?dok=https%3A%2F%2Ffanyv88.com%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1021%2Facs.est.8b02212
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 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b02212
Sprache:English
Sach-SW:Anthropogenic factors
 Beads
 Biodiversity
 Biological activity
 Biophysics
 Biota
 Bulk density
 Contaminants
 Ecosystem
 Environmental changes
 Environmental impact
 Environmental Pollution
 Fibers
 Human influences
 Microbial activity
 Microorganisms
 Microplastics
 Plastic debris
 Plastic pollution
 Plastics
 Polyamide resins
 Polyethylene
 Polyethylenes
 Qualitative analysis
 Sandy soils
 Sediment pollution
 Soil
 Soil contamination
 Soil microorganisms
 Soil Pollutants
 Soil pollution
 Soil properties
 Soil structure
 Soil water
 Structure-function relationships
 Terrestrial ecosystems
 Terrestrial environments
 Water pollution
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