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What Roles Are Terrestrial Plants Playing in Global Microplastic Cycling?
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This viewpoint article poses the underexplored question of what role terrestrial plants play in the global cycling of microplastics, noting that plants may take up, retain, and redistribute plastic particles in ways that significantly affect their environmental fate. The authors argue that plants deserve more attention as active components of the terrestrial microplastic cycle.
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTWhat Roles Are Terrestrial Plants Playing in Global Microplastic Cycling?Mohan BiMohan BiKey Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, ChinaCollege of Environmental and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, ChinaMore by Mohan Bi, Qiang HeQiang HeKey Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, ChinaCollege of Environmental and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, ChinaMore by Qiang He, and Yi Chen*Yi ChenKey Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, ChinaCollege of Environmental and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China*Phone: +86-23-65127226; fax: +86-23-65127226; e-mail: [email protected]More by Yi Chenhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-8298-0350Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020, 54, 9, 5325–5327Publication Date (Web):April 22, 2020Publication History Received18 February 2020Published online22 April 2020Published inissue 5 May 2020https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.0c01009https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c01009newsACS PublicationsCopyright © 2020 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views9503Altmetric-Citations65LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (2 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Air pollution,Fluxes,Particulate matter,Plants,Soils Get e-Alerts
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