Heavy Metal Concentrations in the Spiders Pirata piraticus (Clerck, 1757) and Clubiona phragmitis (C.L. Koch, 1843) along the Scheldt Estuary (Belgium)

Wetland ecosystems may be affected by deposition and accumulation of heavy metals. Metal concentrations in the spiders Pirata piraticus and Clubiona phragmitis living in marshes along the river Scheldt (Flanders, Belgium) were analyzed. The organisms were sampled on seven sites along a gradient from...

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Autores principales: Tojal, Catarina, Hendrickx, Frederik, Tack, Filip M.G., Maelfait, Jean-Pierre, Bogaert, Nicolas, Willems, Katrien, Vernaillen, Pieter, Mertens, Johan, Verloo, Marc G.
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Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6009379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12805952
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2002.170
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author Tojal, Catarina
Hendrickx, Frederik
Tack, Filip M.G.
Maelfait, Jean-Pierre
Bogaert, Nicolas
Willems, Katrien
Vernaillen, Pieter
Mertens, Johan
Verloo, Marc G.
author_facet Tojal, Catarina
Hendrickx, Frederik
Tack, Filip M.G.
Maelfait, Jean-Pierre
Bogaert, Nicolas
Willems, Katrien
Vernaillen, Pieter
Mertens, Johan
Verloo, Marc G.
author_sort Tojal, Catarina
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description Wetland ecosystems may be affected by deposition and accumulation of heavy metals. Metal concentrations in the spiders Pirata piraticus and Clubiona phragmitis living in marshes along the river Scheldt (Flanders, Belgium) were analyzed. The organisms were sampled on seven sites along a gradient from freshwater to brackish marshes. Except for lead, P. piraticus contained higher metal concentrations than C. phragmitis. This is related to physiological and ecological differences between species. No correlation was found between metal concentration in the organisms and soil total concentration.
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spelling pubmed-60093792018-07-04 Heavy Metal Concentrations in the Spiders Pirata piraticus (Clerck, 1757) and Clubiona phragmitis (C.L. Koch, 1843) along the Scheldt Estuary (Belgium) Tojal, Catarina Hendrickx, Frederik Tack, Filip M.G. Maelfait, Jean-Pierre Bogaert, Nicolas Willems, Katrien Vernaillen, Pieter Mertens, Johan Verloo, Marc G. ScientificWorldJournal Short Communication Wetland ecosystems may be affected by deposition and accumulation of heavy metals. Metal concentrations in the spiders Pirata piraticus and Clubiona phragmitis living in marshes along the river Scheldt (Flanders, Belgium) were analyzed. The organisms were sampled on seven sites along a gradient from freshwater to brackish marshes. Except for lead, P. piraticus contained higher metal concentrations than C. phragmitis. This is related to physiological and ecological differences between species. No correlation was found between metal concentration in the organisms and soil total concentration. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2002-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6009379/ /pubmed/12805952 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2002.170 Text en Copyright © 2002 Catarina Tojal et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Short Communication
Tojal, Catarina
Hendrickx, Frederik
Tack, Filip M.G.
Maelfait, Jean-Pierre
Bogaert, Nicolas
Willems, Katrien
Vernaillen, Pieter
Mertens, Johan
Verloo, Marc G.
Heavy Metal Concentrations in the Spiders Pirata piraticus (Clerck, 1757) and Clubiona phragmitis (C.L. Koch, 1843) along the Scheldt Estuary (Belgium)
title Heavy Metal Concentrations in the Spiders Pirata piraticus (Clerck, 1757) and Clubiona phragmitis (C.L. Koch, 1843) along the Scheldt Estuary (Belgium)
title_full Heavy Metal Concentrations in the Spiders Pirata piraticus (Clerck, 1757) and Clubiona phragmitis (C.L. Koch, 1843) along the Scheldt Estuary (Belgium)
title_fullStr Heavy Metal Concentrations in the Spiders Pirata piraticus (Clerck, 1757) and Clubiona phragmitis (C.L. Koch, 1843) along the Scheldt Estuary (Belgium)
title_full_unstemmed Heavy Metal Concentrations in the Spiders Pirata piraticus (Clerck, 1757) and Clubiona phragmitis (C.L. Koch, 1843) along the Scheldt Estuary (Belgium)
title_short Heavy Metal Concentrations in the Spiders Pirata piraticus (Clerck, 1757) and Clubiona phragmitis (C.L. Koch, 1843) along the Scheldt Estuary (Belgium)
title_sort heavy metal concentrations in the spiders pirata piraticus (clerck, 1757) and clubiona phragmitis (c.l. koch, 1843) along the scheldt estuary (belgium)
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6009379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12805952
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2002.170
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