Articles | Volume 6, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-245-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-245-2020
Review article
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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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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.