Microplastics Effects in the Terrestrial Environment

Mendes, Luís A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-10618-8_46-1

Luís A. Mendes⁴

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Abstract

For the past 150 years, the production of plastics has provided many solutions. However, the release of microplastics into soil systems presents hazardous potential, due to its resilience, endurance, and various interactions that occur in these complex matrices. Microplastics may cause effects on soil systems due to alteration of important soil properties to plants and organisms, such as pH, electrical conductivity, porosity, and density and by interacting with other contaminants such as metals or organic compounds in soil. Microplastics can also be transformed due to surrounding conditions, being transported, and accumulate in plants and organisms, causing a direct impact on individual species, as well as trophic chains composition and the soil ecosystem.

The current chapter will present a critical review of the existing literature, focusing on the effects of microplastic environmental release to soil systems and its components: microbiota, micro-, meso-, and macrofauna and flora. The objective will be to provide a picture of the main ecological issues identified, knowledge gaps, and future directions for the assessment of microplastics effects on terrestrial environment.

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Abbreviations

ARGs:: Antibiotic resistance genes
DEHP:: Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
FTIR:: Fourier transform infrared resonance
GST:: Glutathione-S-transferase
HBCDD:: Hexabromocyclododecane
HDPE:: High-density polyethylene
LDPE:: Low-density polyethylene
MAP:: Macroplastic
MEP:: Mesoplastics
MP:: Microplastics
NP:: Nanoplastic
PA:: Polyamide
PAH:: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
PAN:: Polyacryilicnitrile
PAx:: Polyacrylic
PBAT:: Polybutylene adipate terephthalate
PBDE:: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
PBS:: Polybutylene succinate
PBT:: Polybutylene terephthalate
PC:: Polycarbonate
PCB:: Polychlorinated biphenyl
PE:: Polyethylene
PEI:: Polyethyleneimine
PES:: Polyester
PET:: Polyethylene terephthalate
PLA:: Polylactic acid
PP:: Polypropylene
PS:: Polystyrene
PU:: Polyurethane
PVC:: Polyvinylchloride
Pyr-GC/MS:: Pyrolysis-gas chromatography
VOC:: Volatile organic compounds

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Mendes, L.A. (2021). Microplastics Effects in the Terrestrial Environment. In: Rocha-Santos, T., Costa, M., Mouneyrac, C. (eds) Handbook of Microplastics in the Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10618-8_46-1

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