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

By E. Huerta Lwanga, H. Gertsen, H. Gooren, P. Peters, T. Salánki, M. J. van der Ploeg, E. Besseling, A. Koelmans, Violette Geissen. Environmental Science and Technology, 2016

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Subfields: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution

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Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities. (2017, background): “Studies of microplastics in soil ecosystems are, however, notably lacking (Huerta Lwanga et 518 al., 2016; Zubris and Richards, 2005).”
Microplastics in fisheries and aquaculture (2017, background): “In comparison, the consumption of microplastics by free living terrestrial organisms is poorly documented; however, laboratory studies indicate earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris and Eisenia andrei) can consume plastic particles present in soil (Huerta-Lwanga et al., 2016; Rillig, Ziersch and Hempel, ”
Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems (2018, background): “Sublethal negative responses such as growth reduction were observed after the exposure of earthworms to 150 lm microplastics in their food (Lwanga et al., 2016).”
The “Plastisphere” of Biodegradable Plastics Is Characterized by Specific Microbial Taxa of Alpine and Arctic Soils (2020, background): “…(Piehl et al., 2018; Scheurer and Bigalke, 2018; Zhang and Liu, 2018) and have documented detrimental effects of plastics in soils on earthworms (Huerta Lwanga et al., 2016) and microorganisms (Wang et al., 2016), as well as implications for agricultural productivity (Rillig et al., 2019).”
Effects of Microplastics in Soil Ecosystems: Above and Below Ground. (2019, background): “This corroborates findings by Huerta Lwanga et al.32 who found a reduction in weight of the anecic earthworm L. terrestris when exposed to low-density polyethylene (LDPE) microplastics.”