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Microplastics distribution characteristics in typical inflow rivers of Taihu lake: Linking to nitrous oxide emission and microbial analysis

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Kang Song, Lu Li, Lu Li, Lu Li, Xiaoli Zhao, Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Chenxi Wu Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Lu Li, Kang Song, Lu Li, Lu Li, Lu Li, Lu Li, Lu Li, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Kang Song, Lu Li, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Kang Song, Chenxi Wu Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Lu Li, Lu Li, Fangbai Li, Xiaoli Zhao, Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Kang Song, Kang Song, Lu Li, Lu Li, Lu Li, Min Deng, Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Min Deng, Min Deng, Lu Li, Kang Song, Kang Song, Kang Song, Kang Song, Kang Song, Kang Song, Xiaoli Zhao, Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Lu Li, Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Xiaoli Zhao, Fengchang Wu, Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Xiaoli Zhao, Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Min Deng, Chenxi Wu Fengchang Wu, Chenxi Wu Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Xiaoli Zhao, Kang Song, Lu Li, Chenxi Wu Fengchang Wu, Fengchang Wu, Fengchang Wu, Lu Li, Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Lu Li, Fengchang Wu, Chenxi Wu Fengchang Wu, Xiaoli Zhao, Xiaoli Zhao, Fengchang Wu, Xiaoli Zhao, Fengchang Wu, Kang Song, Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Xiaoli Zhao, Fengchang Wu, Kang Song, Fengchang Wu, Kang Song, Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Xiaoli Zhao, Fangbai Li, Fengchang Wu, Fangbai Li, Chenxi Wu Chenxi Wu Xiaoli Zhao, Fengchang Wu, Fengchang Wu, Chenxi Wu Fengchang Wu, Lu Li, Fengchang Wu, Fengchang Wu, Fengchang Wu, Xiaoli Zhao, Fengchang Wu, Fengchang Wu, Fangbai Li, Xiaoli Zhao, Fengchang Wu, Fengchang Wu, Chenxi Wu

Summary

Researchers measured microplastic abundance in inflow rivers of China's Taihu Lake and linked it to elevated nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from surface water and sediment. Microplastic-associated shifts in microbial communities appeared to drive increased denitrification-related N2O flux, connecting plastic pollution to greenhouse gas cycling.

Study Type Environmental

The microplastics in nature water are important for the environmental fate of nitrous oxide (NO). This study investigated the influence and microbial mechanism of microplastic abundance to the NO flux in typical inflow rivers of Taihu lake. The microplastic abundance were in a range of 160-700 particles/m surface water, and 514-3018 particles/kg dry sediment. The highest percentage of microplastic color was transparent, significantly higher than other color (p<0.0001) in both surface water and sediment. The dominant microplastic size was 500-5000 μm in surface water, while size lower than 1000 μm was dominant in sediment. The microplastic abundance in sediment was negatively correlated with the concentration of suspended sediments (SPS) (p<0.05), Chl-a (p<0.05), NH-N (p<0.05) and TP (p<0.01) in inflow river surface water. The dissolved NO concentration were 45.71-132.42 nmol/L, and the NO fluxes were 29.85-276.60 μmol/m/d. The dissolved NO concentration was significantly correlated with the nirK abundance and nirK/nosZI ratio negatively (p<0.05), revealed that sediment nirK-type denitrification was the main driver of dissolved NO. Meanwhile, the NO flux (water-air interface) was significantly correlated with nosZI, napA, narG and nirS negatively, implied that nitrification and denitrification interaction in sediment is the main influence factor. The denitrification process in sediment was the main driven factor of NO releasing. Mantel-test shows that microplastic abundance in surface water was significantly correlated with nitrification (p = 0.001∼0.01) and denitrification (p = 0.01∼0.05) genera in water. The dominant denitrification microorganism was Dechloromonas in sediment and Flavobacterium in surface water. These results provided new insight into the fact that plastisphere which comprises microbial community on microplastic could affect the NO emission in aquatic system.

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