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2017, Ecotoxicology and Environmental SafetyCitation Excerpt :Studies of in-tissue copper concentration give a better indication of toxicity showing that negative sublethal effects in laboratory studies may appear at 30–40 µg g−1 dry tissue (background levels are typically below 20 µg g−1 dry tissue) and that lethal doses typically are 100–200 µg g−1 (Bindesbøl et al., 2007; Scott-Fordsmand et al., 2000; Streit, 1984; Svendsen and Weeks, 1997). Laboratory studies most often used Eisenia spp (see for example Helling et al., 2000; Marinussen et al., 1997b; Owojori et al., 2009; Scott-Fordsmand et al., 2000; Spurgeon et al., 1994; Van Gestel et al., 1989) which are exclusively found in compost and organically rich soils and therefore not of particular ecological importance in agricultural or most natural soils (Edwards and Bohlen, 1996). Knowledge on copper effects in other more common and relevant species is therefore needed in order to improve risk assessment of copper.
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2011, Applied Soil EcologyCitation Excerpt :The avoidance by the earthworms of the treated top soil layer in the Mw3 and Mw4 microcosms might be caused by the high availability of metals as shown by the 0.01 M CaCl2 extractable concentrations. Marinussen et al. (1997a) demonstrated that D. veneta in a field experiment was able to avoid the most heavily Cu, Pb, and Zn contaminated areas. Lukkari and Haimi (2005), evaluating the avoidance behaviour of A. tuberculata, Lumbricus rubellus, and Dendrobaena octaedra in a concentration gradient of a field soil (13–14% OM) simultaneously spiked with copper and zinc chlorides, found that D. octaedra was the most sensitive species after 48 h exposure.
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2009, Environmental PollutionCitation Excerpt :For earthworms exposed to the Weymyss soil after a long period of stability (28 days of exposure) with a mean concentration of Zn in tissue of 120 mg kg−1, a rapid increase occurred at the end of the exposure time. Marinussen et al. (1997) reported a similar trend for Cu. Weymyss was one of the two most toxic soils used in this study (Nahmani et al., 2007a).
Physico-chemical and biological parameters determine metal bioavailability in soils
2008, Science of the Total EnvironmentCitation Excerpt :The results compiled within the SSEO program at first glance seem contradictory: high total metal concentrations in soil, low available concentrations in pore water or 0.01 M CaCl2 soil extracts, but relatively high concentrations in earthworms and snails. Recent studies on aquatic organisms (e.g. Rainbow, 2002; Buchwalter and Luoma, 2005; Luoma and Rainbow, 2005), and also some studies on earthworms (e.g. Marinussen et al., 1997; Vijver et al., 2007), have shown that several factors have to be taken into account when determining metal bioaccumulation. Geochemical speciation is only one factor, physiology and ecology of the test species are also very important in determining uptake, internal processing and excretion rates of metals.