The Science of the total environmentMicroplasticsAnimalsSoil PollutantsPolyethyleneNematoda
Divergent responses of soil nematode communities to conventional and oxidized polyethylene microplastics and their mitigation by sawdust amendment in a floodplain agricultural field.
Zhongjie Sun, Yaxuan Cui, Hao Liu, Yan He, Yuchen Xiao, Luzhen Wang, Wenyue Duan, Xinyue Wu, Feirong Ren, Junqiang Zheng
Published: 202610.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181136
Abstract
Microplastic (MP) pollution in agricultural soils poses a growing threat to soil biodiversity and ecosystem functionality. However, the ecological impacts of polyethylene MPs at various stages of environmental aging-particularly the differences betwe…
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