Heavy metal concentrations in ground beetles, leaf litter, and soil of a forest ecosystem

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-81

  Jelaska, Lucija Šerić ^a   Blanuša, Maja ^b   Durbešić, Paula ^a   Jelaska, Sven D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^c Department of Natural Resources Management   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Biological indicator; Cadmium; Copper; Croatia; Iron; Lead; Manganese; Medvednica Nature Park; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NITRIC ACID; ZINC;

BEETLE; BIOINDICATOR; CADMIUM; COPPER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; IRON; LEAD; LEAF LITTER; NITRIC ACID; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BEETLE; BREEDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROATIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREST; LABORATORY TEST; LEAF LITTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT LEAVES; SEX FACTORS; SOIL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TREES;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDVEDNICA NATURE PARK; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ZAGREB;

ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 33845999597     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2005.10.017     Document Type: Article

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