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Heavy metal concentrations in soil and earthworms in a floodplain grassland.
Environ Pollut. 2005 Dec; 138(3):505-16.EP

Abstract

We determined accumulated heavy metal concentrations (Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn) of earthworms in moderately contaminated floodplain soils. Both soil and mature earthworms were sampled before and after flooding and earthworm species were identified to understand species specific differences in bioconcentration. Accumulated metal concentrations in floodplain earthworms differed before and after flooding. Differences in uptake and elimination mechanisms, in food choice and living habitat of the different earthworm species and changes in speciation of the heavy metals are possible causes for this observation. Regression equations taken from literature, that relate metal accumulation by earthworms in floodplains as a function of metal concentration in soil, performed well when all species specific data were combined in an average accumulation, but did not address differences in accumulation between earthworm species.

Authors+Show Affiliations

van Vliet PC
Wageningen University, Department of Soil Quality, P.O. Box 8005, 6700 EC Wageningen, The Netherlands. petra.vanvliet@wur.nl
van der Zee SE
No affiliation info available
Ma WC
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AnimalsBiological AvailabilityEcosystemMetals, HeavyOligochaetaPoaceaeRegression AnalysisSoil Pollutants

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

15951081

Citation

van Vliet, P C J., et al. "Heavy Metal Concentrations in Soil and Earthworms in a Floodplain Grassland." Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), vol. 138, no. 3, 2005, pp. 505-16.
van Vliet PC, van der Zee SE, Ma WC. Heavy metal concentrations in soil and earthworms in a floodplain grassland. Environ Pollut. 2005;138(3):505-16.
van Vliet, P. C., van der Zee, S. E., & Ma, W. C. (2005). Heavy metal concentrations in soil and earthworms in a floodplain grassland. Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 138(3), 505-16.
van Vliet PC, van der Zee SE, Ma WC. Heavy Metal Concentrations in Soil and Earthworms in a Floodplain Grassland. Environ Pollut. 2005;138(3):505-16. PubMed PMID: 15951081.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Heavy metal concentrations in soil and earthworms in a floodplain grassland. AU - van Vliet,P C J, AU - van der Zee,S E A T M, AU - Ma,W C, PY - 2004/07/21/received PY - 2005/04/08/accepted PY - 2005/6/14/pubmed PY - 2006/2/14/medline PY - 2005/6/14/entrez SP - 505 EP - 16 JF - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) JO - Environ Pollut VL - 138 IS - 3 N2 - We determined accumulated heavy metal concentrations (Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn) of earthworms in moderately contaminated floodplain soils. Both soil and mature earthworms were sampled before and after flooding and earthworm species were identified to understand species specific differences in bioconcentration. Accumulated metal concentrations in floodplain earthworms differed before and after flooding. Differences in uptake and elimination mechanisms, in food choice and living habitat of the different earthworm species and changes in speciation of the heavy metals are possible causes for this observation. Regression equations taken from literature, that relate metal accumulation by earthworms in floodplains as a function of metal concentration in soil, performed well when all species specific data were combined in an average accumulation, but did not address differences in accumulation between earthworm species. SN - 0269-7491 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/15951081/Heavy_metal_concentrations_in_soil_and_earthworms_in_a_floodplain_grassland_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -