Microplastics in Terrestrial Environments: Emerging Contaminants and Major Challenges

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Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Analytical Methods for Microplastics in Environments: Current Advances and Challenges  (Menting Liu, Shibo Lu, Yingxin Chen, Chengjin Cao, Moritz Bigalke, Defu He)....Pages 3-24
 Identification and Characterization Methods for Microplastics Basing on Spatial Imaging in Micro-/Nanoscales  (Wenfeng Li, Yongming Luo, Xiangliang Pan)....Pages 25-37
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 Microplastics in Urban Environments: Sources, Pathways, and Distribution  (Rong Qiu, Yang Song, Xiaoting Zhang, Bing Xie, Defu He)....Pages 41-61
 Microplastics in Agricultural Soils  (Wenfeng Li, Yongming Luo, Xiangliang Pan)....Pages 63-76
 The Distribution and Characteristics of Microplastics in Coastal Beaches and Mangrove Wetlands  (Qian Zhou, Haibo Zhang, Joanna J. Waniek, Yongming Luo)....Pages 77-92
 Microplastics in Inland Small Waterbodies  (Lingling Hu, Defu He, Huahong Shi)....Pages 93-110
 Microplastics in the Sediments: From Rivers to Lakes Investigated in the Biggest Freshwater Lake (Poyang Lake) Basin and Yangtze River in China  (Minfei Jian, Longyin Zhou, Wenhua Li, Dan Rao, Xien Wu, Chen Zhang et al.)....Pages 111-141
 Sources of Microplastic in the Environment  (Lihui An, Qing Liu, Yixiang Deng, Wennan Wu, Yiyao Gao, Wei Ling)....Pages 143-159
 Interaction of Microplastics and Organic Pollutants: Quantification, Environmental Fates, and Ecological Consequences  (Haibo Zhang, Yufan Fei, Han Wang, Yiyang Chen, Shunyin Huang, Ben Yu et al.)....Pages 161-184
 Interaction of Microplastics and Heavy Metals: Toxicity, Mechanisms, and Environmental Implications  (Xiaofeng Jiang, Mei Li)....Pages 185-195
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 Microplastics and Their Effects on Soil Function as a Life-Supporting System  (Anderson Abel de Souza Machado, Alice A. Horton, Taylor Davis, Stefanie Maaß)....Pages 199-222
 Occurrence and Ecotoxicological Effects of Microplastics on Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems  (Ved Prakash, Shreya Dwivedi, Krishna Gautam, Monika Seth, Sadasivam Anbumani)....Pages 223-243
 Microplastics in Soil Ecosystem: Insight on Its Fate and Impacts on Soil Quality  (Xiaomei Yang, Xuetao Guo, Shan Huang, Sha Xue, Fanrong Meng, Yueling Qi et al.)....Pages 245-258
 The Toxicity of (Nano)Microplastics on C. elegans and Its Mechanisms  (Jiani Hu, Xinyu Li, Lili Lei, Chenjing Cao, Dayong Wang, Defu He)....Pages 259-278
 Uptake of Microplastics and Their Effects on Plants  (Lianzhen Li, Jie Yang, Qian Zhou, Willie J. G. M. Peijnenburg, Yongming Luo)....Pages 279-298
 Biofilms of Microplastics  (Chen Tu, Qian Zhou, Chenjie Zhang, Ying Liu, Yongming Luo)....Pages 299-317
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 Tissue Accumulation of Microplastics and Toxic Effects: Widespread Health Risks of Microplastics Exposure  (Yongfeng Deng, Zehua Yan, Qiande Zhu, Yan Zhang)....Pages 321-341
 Microplastics in Food: Health Risks  (Qun Zhang, Yaping Zhao, Jiana Li, Huahong Shi)....Pages 343-356
 Microplastics in Aquaculture Systems and Their Transfer in the Food Chain  (Weiwei Lyu, Qiang Chen, Lin Cheng, Wenzong Zhou)....Pages 357-382
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 Biodegradation of Plastics in Tenebrio Genus (Mealworms)  (Shan-Shan Yang, Wei-Min Wu)....Pages 385-422
 Plastics of the Future? The Impact of Biodegradable Polymers on the Environment  (Leicheng Zhao, Lili Rong, Longfei Zhao, Jintao Yang, Lei Wang, Hongwen Sun)....Pages 423-445
 Countermeasures on Plastic and Microplastic Garbage Management  (Yixiang Deng, Jiaxu Zhang, Chenglong Zhang, Zeya Ding, Chenlin Hao, Lihui An)....Pages 447-469