Spatial distribution and internal metal concentrations of terrestrial arthropods in a moderately contaminated lowland floodplain along the Rhine River

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-26

  Schipper, Aafke M ^a   Wijnhoven, Sander ^b,c   Leuven, Rob S E W ^a   Ragas, Ad M J ^a   Jan Hendriks, A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Science   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Floodplain inundation; Metal contamination; Secondary poisoning; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; FLOODS; RIVERS; SOILS;

FLOODPLAIN INUNDATION; METAL CONTAMINATION; SECONDARY POISONING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

WATER POLLUTION;

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; BEETLE; BIOACCUMULATION; FLOODPLAIN; METAL; POISONING; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREY AVAILABILITY; RIVER CHANNEL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPIDER;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY BURDEN; COLEOPTERA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODPLAIN; NONHUMAN; PREY; RIVER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPIDER; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; NETHERLANDS; NICKEL; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE RIVER;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36649024363     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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