Oribatid mite communities and metal bioaccumulation in oribatid species (Acari, Oribatida) along the heavy metal gradient in forest ecosystems

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-60

  Skubala, Piotr ^a   Kafel, Alina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Dept Ecotoxicology Anim Physiol ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Heavy metals; Oribatida; Pollution; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; TROPHIC LEVELS;

FORESTRY;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HEAVY METAL; MITE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; METAL METABOLISM; METAL TOLERANCE; MITE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CADMIUM; COPPER; ECOSYSTEM; METALS, HEAVY; MITES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES; ZINC;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALOPOLSKIE; OLKUSZ; POLAND;

ACARI; ADORISTES; NOTHRUS SILVESTRIS; ORIBATIDA; OVATUS;

EID: 3242790804     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.03.025     Document Type: Article

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