Heavy metal sensitivity and bioconcentration in oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida). Gradient study in meadow ecosystems

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 414, Issue , 2012, Pages 364-372

  Skubała, Piotr ^a   Zaleski, Tomasz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration; Heavy metals; Meadow soils; Oribatida; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; BIOCONCENTRATION; BODY BURDEN; BULK DENSITY; DIVERSE COMMUNITY; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; FIELD CAPACITY; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; MEASURE CONCENTRATION; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MODERATE CONCENTRATION; ORIBATIDA; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOTAL POROSITY; TOXIC METALS;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; METALS; POLLUTION; SMELTING; ZINC;

COPPER;

CADMIUM; CARBON; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; ZINC;

ABUNDANCE; BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; MEADOW; MITE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ACARI; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY BURDEN; BULK DENSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MITE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POLAND; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMELTER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALLURGY; METALS, HEAVY; MITES; POLAND; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ACARI; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 84855555269     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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