Small animals living in soils, called soil invertebrates, represent a very diverse group of inhabitants. They include earthworms, woodlice, spiders, springtails, mites, and some insects. Soil invertebrates feed on dead plants, fungi bacteria, or other invertebrates. The many ways interact with each other, the large number different species, make life soils complex difficult to understand. Unfor...

Microplastics as environmental pollutants are increasingly a source of alarm. The characterization microplastics will be necessary to discriminate from other types particles. To specific microplastics, plastic-adsorbable fluorescent dyes used, the stained separated dye-microplastic mixture by filtration, and type staining is analyzed microscopy. In this study, realize in situ analysis staining,...

Identification and characterisation of microplastic (MP) is a necessary step to evaluate their concentrations, chemical composition and interactions with biota. MP ≥10μm diameter filtered from below the sea surface in the European and subtropical North Atlantic were simultaneously identified by visual microscopy and Raman micro-spectroscopy. Visually identified particles below 100μm had a signi...

The amount of marine debris in the environment is increasing worldwide, which results in an array of negative effects to biota. This study provides the first account of macrodebris on the beach and microplastics in the sediment (shoreline and infralittoral) in relation to tourism activities in Slovenia. The study assessed the quality and quantity of macrodebris and the quality, size and quantit...

Microplastic (MP) pollution is an emerging threat to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.