Soil invertebrates as bioindicators of urban soil quality

Santorufo, Lucia; Gestel, Cornelis A.M. van; Rocco, A.; Maisto, Giulia

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2011.09.042

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“…Similar results were observed in Folsomia candida exposed to various polymetallic contaminated soils (Santorufo et al, 2012). Previous studies (Nursita et al, 2009; showed that the Pb and Cd concentrations in springtails reflect the soluble and easily exchangeable soil fraction.…”

Section: Metal Bioaccumulation Across Microarthropod Groupssupporting

confidence: 75%

Ecological changes in historically polluted soils: Metal(loid) bioaccumulation in microarthropods and their impact on community structure

Austruy¹,

Laplanche

Mombo

et al. 2016

Geoderma

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OATAO is an open access repository that collects the work of Toulouse researchers and makes it freely available over the web where possible. This is an author-deposited version published in : http://oatao.univ-toulouse.fr/ Eprints ID : 15976 a b s t r a c tSoil pollution by persistent metal(loid)s present environmental and sanitary risks. While the effects of metal(loid)s on vegetation and macrofauna have been widely studied, their impact on microarthropods (millimetre scale) and their bioaccumulation capacity have been less investigated. However, microarthropods provide important ecosystem services, contributing in particular to soil organic matter dynamics. This study focussed on the impact of metal(loid) pollution on the structure and distribution of microarthropod communities and their potential to bioaccumulate lead (Pb). Soil samples were collected from a contaminated historical site with a strong horizontal and vertical gradient of Pb concentrations. Microarthropods were extracted using the Berlese method. The field experiments showed that microarthropods were present even in extremely polluted soils (30,000 mg Pb kg −1 ). However, while microarthropod abundance increased with increasing soil C/N content (R 2 = 0.79), richness decreased with increasing pollution. A shift in the community structure from an oribatid-to a springtail-dominated community was observed in less polluted soils (R 2 = 0.68). In addition, Pb bioamplification occurred in microarthropods, with higher Pb concentrations in predators than in detritivorous microarthropods. Finally, the importance of feeding and reproductive ecological traits as potentially relevant descriptors of springtail community structures was highlighted. This study demonstrates the interest of microarthropod communities with different trophic levels and ecological features for evaluating the global environmental impact of metal(loid) pollution on soil biological quality.

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Section: Metal Bioaccumulation Across Microarthropod Groupssupporting

confidence: 75%

Ecological changes in historically polluted soils: Metal(loid) bioaccumulation in microarthropods and their impact on community structure

Austruy¹,

Laplanche

Mombo

et al. 2016

Geoderma

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“…In terrestrial invertebrates, the relationship between total heavy metal soil content and the internal metal content in invertebrates tends to be strong in the order of Pb [ Cd [ Cu, Zn (Heikens et al 2001). It has been speculated that in terrestrial invertebrates Cu and Zn can be regulated to a certain degree, resulting in a constant body concentration over a range of soil contents (Heikens et al 2001;Notten et al 2005;Santorufo et al 2012). Notten et al (2005) in their study suggested, that metal transfer from polluted leaves (Urtica dioica) was more important than transfer from the soil to Cepaea nemoralis snails.…”

Section: Bioconcentration Factormentioning

confidence: 99%

Monitoring bioconcentration of potentially toxic trace elements in soils trophic chains

Chrzan

2016

Environ Earth Sci

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Potentially toxic trace elements (PTEs) may be transferred to plants and consequently enter the food chain. Environmental monitoring of PTEs is important to control their concentrations in the environment and, particularly in farmland soils. The study aims at estimating the concentration of PTEs in the soil, its grass cover and collected soil invertebrates and consequently to investigate the transfer of pollutants in the soil-plant-fauna trophic chain. None of the PTEs was recorded in soil concentrations at levels exceeding the limits defined by the Regulation of the Minister of Environment. Mean concentrations of Zn, Pb, Cd, Ni, and Cu in soil were 55, 52, 44, 23, and 10 % of the permitted values, respectively. The concentrations of potentially toxic trace elements in soil samples were higher compared to their levels in grass, except for Cd which was the other way around. Higher concentration of Cd in grass than in soil may be attributable to direct deposition of metal particulates emitted from motor vehicles on grass, rather than soil along the road. As far as other metals (Pb, Ni, Cu, Zn) are concerned, concentration in soil was higher than in grass, however, lower than in the fauna. In the investigated meadow, both grass cover and the collected soil fauna accumulated cadmium in largest amounts and incorporated the studied metals in the following order:All considered elements showed greater concentrations (nearly tenfold higher for cadmium) in fauna than grasses.

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“…ANTONIOLLI et al (2013) studied the development of the soil springtails with different levels of heavy metals. As a result, the authors found that Cu and Zn metals have negative action on the population of springtails, which may be related to the toxic effect that prevents reproduction (SANTORUFO et al, 2012).…”

Section: Soil Faunamentioning

confidence: 99%