What do we know about how the terrestrial multicellular soil fauna reacts to microplastic?

Büks, Frederick; Loes van Schaik, Nicolette; Kaupenjohann, Martin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-245-2020

Articles | Volume 6, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-245-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-245-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 2

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08 Jul 2020

Review article |

| 08 Jul 2020

What do we know about how the terrestrial multicellular soil fauna reacts to microplastic?

Frederick Büks, Nicolette Loes van Schaik, and Martin Kaupenjohann

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RC1: 'Comments to the authors', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Mar 2020
- AC1: 'Answers to your recommendations', Frederick Büks, 14 Apr 2020
  - AC2: 'Answers to your recommendations', Frederick Büks, 14 Apr 2020
RC2: 'What do we about how the terrestrial multicellular soil fauna reacts to microplastic?', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Apr 2020
- AC3: 'Answers to your recommendations', Frederick Büks, 14 Apr 2020
RC3: 'Comment on Büks et al., What do we know ...', Anonymous Referee #3, 14 May 2020
- AC5: 'Response to your report', Frederick Büks, 25 May 2020
RC4: 'Review approved', Maha DEEB, 20 May 2020
- EC1: 'Decision', Fuensanta García-Orenes, 21 May 2020
- AC4: 'Response to your Report', Frederick Büks, 25 May 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (26 May 2020) by Fuensanta García-Orenes

AR by Frederick Büks on behalf of the Authors (26 May 2020)

ED: Publish as is (15 Jun 2020) by Fuensanta García-Orenes

ED: Publish as is (15 Jun 2020) by John Quinton (Executive editor)

AR by Frederick Büks on behalf of the Authors (15 Jun 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

Via anthropogenic input, microplastics (MPs) today represent a part of the soil organic matter. We analyzed studies on passive translocation, active ingestion, bioaccumulation and adverse effects of MPs on multicellular soil faunal life. These studies on a wide range of soil organisms found a recurring pattern of adverse effects on motility, growth, metabolism, reproduction, mortality and gut microbiome. However, the shape and type of the experimental MP often did not match natural conditions.