Distribution of low-density microplastics in the mollisol farmlands of northeast China

[Display omitted] •Polyethylene (PE) of light density microplastic (LDMP) was found in farmland.•LDMPs positively correlated to MAP at large scale, while not obvious at small scale.•Low BD tends to increase LDMPs loss by interflow.•LDMPs were mainly moved by surface soil-water loss (96%). Plastic po...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Science of the total environment 2020-03, Vol.708, p.135091-135091, Article 135091
Hauptverfasser: Zhang, Shaoliang, Liu, Xu, Hao, Xinhua, Wang, Jiuqi, Zhang, Ying
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Zusammenfassung:[Display omitted] •Polyethylene (PE) of light density microplastic (LDMP) was found in farmland.•LDMPs positively correlated to MAP at large scale, while not obvious at small scale.•Low BD tends to increase LDMPs loss by interflow.•LDMPs were mainly moved by surface soil-water loss (96%). Plastic pollution, especially microplastic (MP), which is small in size (96%) but were also transported by infiltration through soil pores (
ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135091