How Soil Invertebrates Deal With Microplastic Contamination

How to Deal With

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Microplastic Incorporation into Soil in Agroecosystems

We live in a plastic age (Thompson et al., 2009), with microplastic (typically defined as plastic particles < 5mm) becoming an increasingly appreciated aspect of environmental pollution. Research has been overwhelmingly focused on aquatic systems, especially the oceans, but there is a current shift to more strongly consider terrestrial ecosystems (Rillig, 2012; Horton et al., 2017). In particul...

How to deal with revisions?

It is very uncommon for manuscripts submitted to peer-reviewed journals to be accepted directly, without a request for revision. Most submitted manuscripts go through a meticulous review process by several reviewers who are experts in the given subject; these reviewers may request major or minor revisions or even reject the manuscript. The revision of a manuscript is a crucial step in the publi...

How to Deal with Encapsulation

Encapsulation has received considerable interest in the context of object-oriented programming. In particular the encapsulation of objects that are composed through inheritance has been discussed repeatedly [Snyder 86, Micallef 88]. Aspect-oriented composition has similar considerations. However, most approaches to aspect-orientation or multi-dimensional composition of concerns do not enforce e...

Population genetics of soil invertebrates (Isopoda and Collembola) exposed to metal contamination