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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2006, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (11): 360-360.

Special Issue: 土壤重金属污染

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The rule of Earthworms in Bioaccumulation Soil Pollutants and Environmental Indication.

Gao Hongjian, Jiang Xin, Wei Junling, Chang Jiang, Zhang Zili   

  • Online:2006-11-05 Published:2006-11-05

Abstract: Earthworms play an important role in terrestrial ecosystem, which linked the soil pollutants with soil biology, and biomagnified the pollutants to higher nutrition levels in food web. Earthworms were used as model biology in soil toxicological experiment to measure the change and state of ecosystem, indicating the healthy condition of soil environment. Accumulative approach of passive diffusion and resorption of soil pollutants in earworms were summarized. The rule of heavy metals and organic pollutants accumulated in earthworm and physiological response of earthworms were also analyzed. Therefore, the sensitive physiological parameter in earthworm from community to molecular may be select as a potential biomarker to diagnose contaminated soil by using toxicological methods.

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