Heavy metal distribution and bioaccumulation in Chihuahuan Desert Rough Harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex rugosus) populations

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1281-1287

  Del Toro, I ^a   Floyd, K ^b   Gardea Torresdey, J ^b   Borrok, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Granivory; Heavy metals; Hymenoptera Formicidae

Indexed keywords

ARID ECOSYSTEMS; BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; GRANIVORY; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; METALS; SEED; SOILS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ANT; BIOACCUMULATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GRANIVORY; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BOUTELOUA CURTIPENDULA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DASYOCHOLA PULCHELA; DESERT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRASS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POGONOMYRMEX RUGOSUS; SMELTER; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; METALS, HEAVY;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; POGONOMYRMEX RUGOSUS;

EID: 77950064751     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.01.024     Document Type: Article

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