Soil Biodiversity: State‐of‐the‐Art and Possible Implementation in Chemical Risk Assessment

Gestel, Cornelis A.M. van; Mommer, Liesje; Montanarella, Luca; Pieper, Silvia; Coulson, Mike; Toschki, Andreas; Rutgers, Michiel; Focks, Andreas; Römbke, Jörg

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“…Five use studies are being developed based on the results of the pesticide data: On a basic level, LUCAS Pesticides data are used to provide the most extensive quantification so far of the variation in the distribution of pesticide active ingredients and selected metabolites in agricultural topsoil of the EU. The results are expected to highlight regional patterns reflecting pesticide application practices as well as different environmental and soil characteristics. As samples taken for the analysis of pesticides overlap with those from biodiversity survey, the two datasets are combined to offer a powerful research tool for exploring ecotoxicological risks posed by pesticide residues on soil‐living communities in EU agricultural soils and possibly identify indicator species associated with specific pesticide residues (van Gestel et al, 2021). The spatial randomization of sampling sites and the random timing of sampling with respect to pesticide application (broadly corresponding to the crop growing season) imply that LUCAS data are randomly related to spatio‐temporal use patterns.…”

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“…2. As samples taken for the analysis of pesticides overlap with those from biodiversity survey, the two datasets are combined to offer a powerful research tool for exploring ecotoxicological risks posed by pesticide residues on soil-living communities in EU agricultural soils and possibly identify indicator species associated with specific pesticide residues(van Gestel et al, 2021). 3.…”

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LUCAS Soil Biodiversity and LUCAS Soil Pesticides, new tools for research and policy development

Orgiazzi

Panagos

Fernández‐Ugalde

et al. 2022

European J Soil Science

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The European Green Deal puts a healthy environment at the core of policy-making initiatives in the European Union (EU). Soil, due to its nature, is a central actor to be considered when developing and implementing actions in many areas, from biodiversity and agriculture to climate and pollution. New means for monitoring the impact of decisions taken in these sectors are needed. The Land Use and Coverage Area frame Survey (LUCAS modules of Soil Biodiversity and Pesticides provide both policy-makers and the research community with tools in this direction. The first component corresponds to the largest analysis of soil biodiversity across the EU through molecular biology techniques.The second component is the most extensive harmonised pan-European assessment of pesticide residues in agricultural soils. Specific features, together with policy and research potential of these instruments for achieving Green Deals targets under the Biodiversity 2030 Strategy, the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Zero Pollution Action Plan, are presented. All generated data are made available to the public through the EU Soil Observatory and European Soil Data Centre. Highlights• LUCAS Soil Biodiversity is a monitoring survey of biodiversity in the European Union.

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LUCAS Soil Biodiversity and LUCAS Soil Pesticides, new tools for research and policy development

Orgiazzi

Panagos

Fernández‐Ugalde

et al. 2022

European J Soil Science

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“…More commonly, such ecological indices could respond to the interaction of both and a decrease in species richness could be the cumulative result of, for instance, chemical, physical and biological stresses. Thus the choice of a control site, when possible, with overall similar characteristics with respect to the targeted ones is of primary importance in a triad procedure (van Gestel et al, 2021). Another well-represented approach in ecology LoE consisted in measuring the impact of contamination on soil functioning.…”

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State of the Art of Triad-Based Ecological Risk Assessment: Current Limitations and Needed Implementations in the Case of Soil Diffuse Contamination

Grassi

Lamy

Pucheux

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Front. Environ. Sci.

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Soils can be sinks of pollutant mixtures, whose effects on terrestrial ecosystems are not of obvious interpretation. Risk assessment is rather codified and many approaches can be used. Nevertheless, there are still uncertainties remaining when dealing with diffuse pollution, including chronic inputs of low, sublethal, concentrations of mixtures of micropollutants. In this paper, we reviewed through a comprehensive literature analysis one of the latest promising methodologies, the triad approach, in order to understand its area of application in terrestrial ecosystems, the ways of applicability and the reported actual usage. In the case of diffuse pollution, where all the criteria of the triad approach can differ in their indication, we show that some improvements have to be made in either the chemical, ecological or ecotoxicological approaches to be able to clearly identify the risk and to address the uncertainties linked to the low, sublethal contents of contaminants.

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“…Several studies have shown that microplastic particles can exert their toxic effects on organisms not only directly, but also indirectly, such as via the dilution of food through or the formation of foodmicroplastic agglomerates (Hanna et al, 2018;Mueller et al, 2020;Rauchschwalbe et al, 2021). Higher-tier studies, especially terrestrial model ecosystems (TMEs), can reveal both the direct and indirect effects of microplastics on several taxa, trophic, population levels or developmental stages of organisms (Gestel et al, 2020;Mueller et al, 2020). 3) In publications dealing with chemical effects, it could be reported that the exposure time influenced the magnitude of leaching or vector impact (Xu et al, 2021b;Soroldoni et al, 2021).…”

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Underestimated and ignored? The impacts of microplastic on soil invertebrates—Current scientific knowledge and research needs

Möhrke

Haegerbaeumer²,

Traunspurger³

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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The accumulation of plastics in the environment is a major problem in the Anthropocene. As most plastic is produced, used and discarded on land, ∼4–23 times more plastics are deposited in soils than in the oceans. However, there is far too little knowledge on the ecological consequences of plastic pollution, especially for soil ecosystems. Microplastics (<5 mm), whether derived from larger plastic pieces through physical, chemical and biological degradation or produced as primary particles, is of considerable interest, as they can be ingested by organisms at the basis of the trophic net and transferred to higher trophic levels. Nonetheless, although the assessment of microplastic effects on soil invertebrates is of undeniable relevance, most studies have focussed on nano- and microplastics in aquatic environments. This review examines the current state of knowledge regarding the effects of microplastics on soil invertebrates. As part of the soil biota, these organisms are of utmost importance for carbon cycling, respiration and biodiversity. Based on strict quality criteria, the data of 45 papers reporting ecotoxicological effects on soil invertebrates were analyzed, considering various test organisms and types of microplastic (in terms of polymer, shape and size). However, although different impacts were demonstrated, a deduction of general effect tendencies of microplastics in soils was difficult due to the scarcity of data and the use of diverse methodological setups. Moreover, almost all experiments were based on short-term single-species testing involving only a small number of species and single microplastic types. The review concludes with a discussion of the remaining knowledge gap and the needs for a standardized approach allowing an ecologically relevant risk assessment of the impacts of microplastic on invertebrates in terrestrial ecosystems.

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Soil Biodiversity: State‐of‐the‐Art and Possible Implementation in Chemical Risk Assessment

Cited by 14 publications

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LUCAS Soil Biodiversity and LUCAS Soil Pesticides, new tools for research and policy development

LUCAS Soil Biodiversity and LUCAS Soil Pesticides, new tools for research and policy development

State of the Art of Triad-Based Ecological Risk Assessment: Current Limitations and Needed Implementations in the Case of Soil Diffuse Contamination

Underestimated and ignored? The impacts of microplastic on soil invertebrates—Current scientific knowledge and research needs

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