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Uptake of POPs from contaminated soils to Eisenia fetida at two contaminated hotspots in the Czech Republic

PEŠTOVÁ, Jana and Jakub HOFMAN

Basic information

Original name

Uptake of POPs from contaminated soils to Eisenia fetida at two contaminated hotspots in the Czech Republic

Name in Czech

Uptake of POPs from contaminated soils to Eisenia fetida at two contaminated hotspots in the Czech Republic

Authors

PEŠTOVÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic) and Jakub HOFMAN (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

SETAC Europe 18th Annual Meeting, 25-29 May 2008, Warshaw, Poland. In : Abstract Book, s. 97, 2008

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/08:00028047

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

Keywords in English

earthworms; POPs; contaminated soils

Tags

International impact
Změněno: 24/2/2010 20:40, prof. RNDr. Jakub Hofman, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Bioaccumulation of xenobiotics in soil invertebrates is an important process, because it can lead to the toxic action in their bodies or to the biomagnification of food chains. In our study, two hotspots in the Czech Republic were selected which were seriously contaminated by persistent organic pollutants, mostly by PAHs and DDTs. The soils were sampled, dried and sieved to 2mm and adults of earthworm Eisenia fetida from laboratory culture were exposed for 14 and 28 days. The exposure time (14 or 28 days) didnt affect the bioaccumulation suggesting that 14 days exposure is sufficient to reach a plateau of the uptake. Soil-biota accumulation factors (BSAF) were calculated for 16 PAHs, 7 PCBs, HCHs, HCB, and DDTs. The results were compared with BSAF values for the earthworms collected at the localities. The differences up to several orders of magnitude were found between BSAF of indigenous earthworms and E. fetida. Our results suggest that the laboratory bioaccumulation test with E. fetida may underestimate the real bioaccumulation substantially.

In Czech

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Links

MSM0021622412, plan (intention)
Name: Interakce mezi chemickými látkami, prostředím a biologickými systémy a jejich důsledky na globální, regionální a lokální úrovni (INCHEMBIOL) (Acronym: INCHEMBIOL)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Interactions among the chemicals, environment and biological systems and their consequences on the global, regional and local scales (INCHEMBIOL)