Molecular field analysis of trophic relationships in soil-dwelling invertebrates to identify mercury, lead and cadmium transmission through forest ecosystems

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3755-3766

  Šeric̈ Jelaska, Lucija ^a,b   Jurasovic̈, Jasna ^c   Brown, David S ^b   Vaughan, Ian P ^b   Symondson, William O C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

carabid beetles; earthworms; metal bioaccumulation; molecular gut content analyses; prey choice; slugs

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; ONISCIDEA;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

ANIMAL; BEETLE; CARABID BEETLES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROATIA; DNA SEQUENCE; EARTHWORM; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; METAL BIOACCUMULATION; MOLECULAR GUT CONTENT ANALYSES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PREY CHOICE; SEASON; SLUGS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARABID BEETLES; EARTHWORMS; METAL BIOACCUMULATION; MOLECULAR GUT CONTENT ANALYSES; PREY CHOICE; SLUGS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CADMIUM; CROATIA; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; LEAD; MERCURY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WALES;

EID: 84904664434     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12566     Document Type: Conference Paper

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