TY - JOUR
AU1 - Haimi, Jari
AU2 - Siira-Pietikäinen,  Anne
AB - Jari Haimi Anne Siira-Pietikäinen Department of Biological and Environmental Science University of Jyväskylä PO Box 35 FIN-40351 Jyväskylä Finland Department of Environmental Protection and Limnology University of Helsinki FIN-00710 Helsinki Finland Abstract Responses of soil decomposer animals to heavy metal contamination and to concomitant changes in organic matter quality and quantity and in soil microbial biomasses have been studied along a pollution gradient from a Cu-Ni smelter. Samples have been taken separately for nematodes, enchytraeids and microarthropods 0.5, 2 and 8 km from the smelter. Special attention has been paid to the changes in the collembolan fauna. The sampling sites have been located in homogeneous Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris ) forests with podsolic soil profiles. In addition, an experiment has been carried out in which intact soil cores have been transferred in mesh baskets between the sites 2 and 8 km from the smelter (control samples have been transferred within the sites). Although most soil animals seemed to be quite resistant to direct and indirect effects of heavy metals, results indicate that certain soil animals like enchytraeids can be useful and easy to monitor when the effects of heavy metals on soil decomposition systems are assessed.
TI - Decomposer animal communities in forest soil along heavy metal pollution gradient
JF - Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
DO - 10.1007/s0021663540672
DA - 1996-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/decomposer-animal-communities-in-forest-soil-along-heavy-metal-Oi5Gtp38hT
SP - 672
EP - 675
VL - 354
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -