Esperanza Huerta Lwanga

TL;DR: This study studied the survival and fitness of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris exposed to microplastics in litter at concentrations of 7, 28, 45, and 60% dry weight, percentages that, after bioturbation, translate to 0.2 to 1.2% in bulk soil.

TL;DR: The sources of plastic particles in agroecosystems, the mechanisms, constraints and dynamic behaviour of plastic during aging on land, and the responses of soil organisms and plants at different levels of biological organisation to plastic particles of micro and nano-scale are discussed.

TL;DR: The results showed that macro- and micro- plastic residues affected both above-ground and below-ground parts of the wheat plant during both vegetative and reproductive growth and the type of plastic mulch films used had a strong effect on wheat growth.

TL;DR: The data show that micro- and macroplastic are capable of entering terrestrial food webs and were found in traditional Mayan home gardens in Southeast Mexico where waste mismanagement is common.

TL;DR: The high biogenic incorporation rate of the small-fraction microplastics from surface litter into burrow walls causes a risk of leaching through preferential flow into groundwater bodies, which may have implications for the subsequent availability of microplastic to terrestrial organisms or for the transport of plastic-associated organic contaminants in soil.