Comparison Among Test Substrates in Metal Uptake and Toxicity to Folsomia candida and Hordeum vulgare.

Comparison Among Test Substrates in Metal Uptake and Toxicity to Folsomia candida and Hordeum vulgare. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2020 Feb 20;: Authors: Ardestani MM Abstract The main aim of this short review was to assess the effect of test medium on the bioavailability of metals to the soil invertebrate Folsomia candida and the barley plant Hordeum vulgare. Solution-only exposures and sand-solution media were suitable media with control survival of > 80%. Comparing toxicity and accumulation data, LC50 and/or EC50 values as well as internal concentrations of cadmium (Cd) and copper (Cu) were similar in the tests with different porewater composition for springtails and barley plants. Similar results for toxicity and bioaccumulation of Cd and Cu using different test substrates, suggest the importance of physiological handling of the effects by the organisms rather than the influence of test medium composition. PMID: 32077985 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tags: Bull Environ Contam Toxicol Source Type: research