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A Cu tolerant population of the earthworm Dendrodrilus rubidus (Savigny, 1862) at Coniston Copper Mines, Cumbria, UK

Arnold, R. E., Hodson, M. E. and Langdon, C. J. (2008) A Cu tolerant population of the earthworm Dendrodrilus rubidus (Savigny, 1862) at Coniston Copper Mines, Cumbria, UK. Environmental Pollution, 152 (3). pp. 713-722. ISSN 0269-7491

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.06.048

Abstract/Summary

Dendrodrilus rubidus were sampled from a mine spoil soil at Coniston Copper Mine, an abandoned Cu mine in Cumbria, UK and a Cu-free control site. Earthworms were maintained for 14 d in both Kettering loam and a Moorland soil amended with Cu nitrate. Mortality, condition index, weight change and tissue concentration were determined. In both soils D. rubidus native to the mine site were able to tolerate significantly higher soil Cu concentrations (MWRT, p <= 0.001), and exhibited significantly less change in weight (t-test, p <= 0.001) and a lower loss in condition (t-test, p <= 0.001) than control earthworms. For a given soil Cu concentration tissue Cu concentrations were greater in the mine site earthworms. Low cocoon production and viability from the mine site population prevented the determination of toxicity parameters on the F1 generation and may be an indicator of the cost of tolerance to the population. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:Article
Divisions:Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Geography and Environmental Science
Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Earth Systems Science
Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Soil Research Centre
ID Code:3208
Uncontrolled Keywords:earthworms tolerance resistance metal copper toxicity risk assessment EISENIA-FOETIDA OLIGOCHAETA LUMBRICUS-RUBELLUS INHERITED RESISTANCE METAL CONCENTRATIONS CONTAMINATED SOILS POLLUTED SOILS GROWTH ZINC TOXICITY EXPOSURE
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