Microplastics negatively affect soil fauna but stimulate microbial activity: insights from a field-based microplastic addition experiment

Surface-Related Toxicity of Polystyrene Beads to Nematodes and the Role of Food Availability

(2020) Marie-Theres Mueller et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Source, migration and toxicology of microplastics in soil

(2020) Jing-Jie Guo et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Perspectives and challenges of micro/nanoplastics‐induced toxicity with special reference to phytotoxicity

(2020) Sukhendu Maity et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effect of a tree mixture and water availability on soil nutrients and extracellular enzyme activities along the soil profile in an experimental forest

(2020) Tania L. Maxwell et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Microplastic in terrestrial ecosystems

(2020) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   SCIENCE

Soil microplastics inhibit the movement of springtail species

(2019) Shin Woong Kim et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Effects of polyethylene microplastics on the gut microbial community, reproduction and avoidance behaviors of the soil springtail, Folsomia candida

(2019) Hui Ju et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics Can Change Soil Properties and Affect Plant Performance

(2019) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment

(2019) Steve Allen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Can the comparison of above- and below-ground litter decomposition improve our understanding of bacterial and fungal successions?

(2019) Marie Sauvadet et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Uptake and adverse effects of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics fibers on terrestrial snails (Achatina fulica) after soil exposure

(2019) Yang Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale

(2019) Johan van den Hoogen et al.   NATURE

Terrestrial ecologists should stop ignoring plastic pollution in the Anthropocene time

(2019) Agustina Malizia et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic particles reduce reproduction in the terrestrial worm Enchytraeus crypticus in a soil exposure

(2019) Elma Lahive et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of Microplastics in Soil Ecosystems: Above and Below Ground

(2019) Bas Boots et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Interactive effects of microplastics and glyphosate on the dynamics of soil dissolved organic matter in a Chinese loess soil

(2019) Hongfei Liu et al.   CATENA

LDPE microplastic films alter microbial community composition and enzymatic activities in soil

(2019) Yi Huang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The role of multiple global change factors in driving soil functions and microbial biodiversity

(2019) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   SCIENCE

Environmental fate and impacts of microplastics in soil ecosystems: Progress and perspective

(2019) Wenfeng Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Distribution of low-density microplastics in the mollisol farmlands of northeast China

(2019) Shaoliang Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Response of soil enzyme activities and bacterial communities to the accumulation of microplastics in an acid cropped soil

(2019) Yufan Fei et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Effects of microplastics on greenhouse gas emissions and the microbial community in fertilized soil

(2019) Xinwei Ren et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Ingestion of microplastics by nematodes depends on feeding strategy and buccal cavity size

(2019) Hendrik Fueser et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Size-dependent effects of polystyrene plastic particles on the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as related to soil physicochemical properties

(2019) Shin Woong Kim et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Towards an ecology of soil microplastics

(2019) Maxwell S. Helmberger et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Exploring the impacts of plastics in soil – The effects of polyester textile fibers on soil invertebrates

(2019) Salla Selonen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Body size structure of soil fauna along geographic and temporal gradients of precipitation in grasslands

(2019) Walter S. Andriuzzi et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Microplastics in Swiss Floodplain Soils

(2018) Michael Scheurer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The distribution and morphology of microplastics in coastal soils adjacent to the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea

(2018) Qian Zhou et al.   GEODERMA

Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

(2018) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Microplastics research—from sink to source

(2018) Chelsea M. Rochman   SCIENCE

The distribution of microplastics in soil aggregate fractions in southwestern China

(2018) G.S. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic particles cause intestinal damage and other adverse effects in zebrafish Danio rerio and nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

(2018) Lili Lei et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Exposure of soil collembolans to microplastics perturbs their gut microbiota and alters their isotopic composition

(2018) Dong Zhu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of polystyrene nanoparticles on the microbiota and functional diversity of enzymes in soil

(2018) T. T. Awet et al.   Environmental Sciences Europe

Impacts of Microplastics on the Soil Biophysical Environment

(2018) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Effects of plastic contamination on water evaporation and desiccation cracking in soil

(2018) Yong Wan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Combined Effects of UV Exposure Duration and Mechanical Abrasion on Microplastic Fragmentation by Polymer Type

(2017) Young Kyoung Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastics and microplastics in the oceans: From emerging pollutants to emerged threat

(2017) Carlo Giacomo Avio et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Microplastic Incorporation into Soil in Agroecosystems

(2017) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Hazardous or not – Are adult and juvenile individuals of Potamopyrgus antipodarum affected by non-buoyant microplastic particles?

(2016) Hannes K. Imhof et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in the Terrestrial Ecosystem: Implications for Lumbricus terrestris (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae)

(2016) Esperanza Huerta Lwanga et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

(2015) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Forest biogeochemistry in response to drought

(2015) William H. Schlesinger et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

piecewiseSEM: Piecewise structural equation modelling inr for ecology, evolution, and systematics

(2015) Jonathan S. Lefcheck   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Strong Sorption of PCBs to Nanoplastics, Microplastics, Carbon Nanotubes, and Fullerenes

(2014) I. Velzeboer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Analysis of long-term degradation behaviour of polyethylene mulching films with pro-oxidants under real cultivation and soil burial conditions

(2014) Demetres Briassoulis et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Top-down control of soil fungal community composition by a globally distributed keystone consumer

(2013) Thomas W. Crowther et al.   ECOLOGY

Functional and ecological consequences of saprotrophic fungus–grazer interactions

(2012) Thomas W Crowther et al.   ISME Journal

Invertebrate grazing determines enzyme production by basidiomycete fungi

(2011) Thomas W. Crowther et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil moisture is the major factor influencing microbial community structure and enzyme activities across seven biogeoclimatic zones in western Canada

(2011) Beth F.T. Brockett et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY