Diagnostic strategy for the combined effects of microplastics and potentially toxic elements on microbial communities in catchment scale

Autor: Yonglu Wang, Guixiang Zhang, Fengsong Zhang, Huaxin Wang
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Science of The Total Environment. 860:160499
ISSN: 0048-9697
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160499
Popis: Combined effects of potentially toxic materials (PTMs) released from production activities on microbial communities in environmental flimsy area are poorly recognised. Microplastics (MPs) and potentially toxic elements (PTEs) were investigated in soils and river sediments in a headwater catchment from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Their co-effects on microbial communities and the controlling factors affecting communities were further explored. Results showed that MPs and PTEs significantly accumulated in soils and sediments. Among which fragment-shaped MPs and copper (Cu) dominated, with mean contents of 1.11 × 10
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