TY  - JOUR
AU  - Baloš, Milica
AU  - Petrović, Aleksandra
AU  - Tubić, Aleksandra
AU  - Zeremski, Tijana
AU  - Gvozdenac, Sonja
AU  - Supić, Dejan
AU  - Bursić, Vojislava
PY  - 2024
UR  - http://fiver.ifvcns.rs/handle/123456789/4556
AB  - The presence of microplastic particles in agroecosystems has profound implications for soil quality, crop yield, and soil biota. Earthworms are widely recognized as valuable soil bioindicators due to their abundance, fast reproduction, and easy manipulation. The aim of this study was to observe Eisenia fetida avoidance behavior and changes in biomass and mortality rate in soil samples spiked with polyethylene microplastic particles. Three types of soil sampled from the agricultural fields (“Banat 1”, “Banat 2”, and “Bačka”) were tested, as well as three microplastic concentrations (0.1, 0.2, and 0.3%). The calculated avoidance percentages ranged from 18.67% for “Banat 1” and 23.70% for “Banat 2” to 27.40% in the case of “Bačka” soil samples. Generally, E. fetida specimens avoided the sections with plastic in all bioassays: 38.42% of the earthworms were in the chamber section that contained microplastics, as opposed to 61.58% in the control section. The changes in the earthworms’ post-test biomasses were directly proportional to the number of surviving earthworms, with the highest loss in “Bačka” soil samples with 0.3% MPs (−53.05%). The highest mortality rate (46%) was noted in “Bačka” soil samples spiked with the highest concentration of microplastic particles.
PB  - Basel : MDPI
T2  - Agriculture - Basel
T1  - Effects of Polyethylene Microplastics in Agricultural Soil on Eisenia fetida (Annelida: Oligochaeta) Behavior, Biomass, and Mortality
IS  - 4
SP  - 578
VL  - 14
DO  - 10.3390/agriculture14040578
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Baloš, Milica and Petrović, Aleksandra and Tubić, Aleksandra and Zeremski, Tijana and Gvozdenac, Sonja and Supić, Dejan and Bursić, Vojislava",
year = "2024",
abstract = "The presence of microplastic particles in agroecosystems has profound implications for soil quality, crop yield, and soil biota. Earthworms are widely recognized as valuable soil bioindicators due to their abundance, fast reproduction, and easy manipulation. The aim of this study was to observe Eisenia fetida avoidance behavior and changes in biomass and mortality rate in soil samples spiked with polyethylene microplastic particles. Three types of soil sampled from the agricultural fields (“Banat 1”, “Banat 2”, and “Bačka”) were tested, as well as three microplastic concentrations (0.1, 0.2, and 0.3%). The calculated avoidance percentages ranged from 18.67% for “Banat 1” and 23.70% for “Banat 2” to 27.40% in the case of “Bačka” soil samples. Generally, E. fetida specimens avoided the sections with plastic in all bioassays: 38.42% of the earthworms were in the chamber section that contained microplastics, as opposed to 61.58% in the control section. The changes in the earthworms’ post-test biomasses were directly proportional to the number of surviving earthworms, with the highest loss in “Bačka” soil samples with 0.3% MPs (−53.05%). The highest mortality rate (46%) was noted in “Bačka” soil samples spiked with the highest concentration of microplastic particles.",
publisher = "Basel : MDPI",
journal = "Agriculture - Basel",
title = "Effects of Polyethylene Microplastics in Agricultural Soil on Eisenia fetida (Annelida: Oligochaeta) Behavior, Biomass, and Mortality",
number = "4",
pages = "578",
volume = "14",
doi = "10.3390/agriculture14040578"
}

Baloš, M., Petrović, A., Tubić, A., Zeremski, T., Gvozdenac, S., Supić, D.,& Bursić, V.. (2024). Effects of Polyethylene Microplastics in Agricultural Soil on Eisenia fetida (Annelida: Oligochaeta) Behavior, Biomass, and Mortality. in Agriculture - Basel
Basel : MDPI., 14(4), 578.
https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14040578

Baloš M, Petrović A, Tubić A, Zeremski T, Gvozdenac S, Supić D, Bursić V. Effects of Polyethylene Microplastics in Agricultural Soil on Eisenia fetida (Annelida: Oligochaeta) Behavior, Biomass, and Mortality. in Agriculture - Basel. 2024;14(4):578.
doi:10.3390/agriculture14040578 .

Baloš, Milica, Petrović, Aleksandra, Tubić, Aleksandra, Zeremski, Tijana, Gvozdenac, Sonja, Supić, Dejan, Bursić, Vojislava, "Effects of Polyethylene Microplastics in Agricultural Soil on Eisenia fetida (Annelida: Oligochaeta) Behavior, Biomass, and Mortality" in Agriculture - Basel, 14, no. 4 (2024):578,
https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14040578 . .