Microplastics Can Change Soil Properties and Affect Plant Performance
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries · Berlin Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research · +4 more institutions
Abstract
Microplastics can affect biophysical properties of the soil. However, little is known about the cascade of events in fundamental levels of terrestrial ecosystems, i.e., starting with the changes in soil abiotic properties and propagating across the various components of soil-plant interactions, including soil microbial communities and plant traits. We investigated here the effects of six different microplastics (polyester fibers, polyamide beads, and four fragment types: polyethylene, polyester terephthalate, polypropylene, and polystyrene) on a broad suite of proxies for soil health and performance of spring onion ( Allium fistulosum). Significant changes were observed in plant biomass, tissue elemental…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 38.95
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 29
Authors
9- AAAnderson Abel de Souza MachadoCorresponding
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research, Freie Universität Berlin
- CWChung Wai Lau
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, University of Göttingen, Freie Universität Berlin
- WKWerner Kloas
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
- JBJoana Bergmann
Berlin Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research, Freie Universität Berlin
- JBJulien Bachelier
Freie Universität Berlin
Topics & keywords
- Microplastics
- Environmental science
- Biomass (ecology)
- Environmental chemistry
- Ecology
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Life in Land