Microplastic transport in soil by earthworms

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Rillig, Matthias C ^a,b   Ziersch, Lisa ^a   Hempel, Stefan ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMISTRY; OLIGOCHAETA; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; OLIGOCHAETA; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 85018295569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01594-7     Document Type: Article

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