ArticleScientific reports2024
Collembola growth in heavy metal-contaminated soils.
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Collembola play a key role in soil ecosystems by decomposing organic matter. Most of them inhabit the upper layers of the soil and are susceptible to contamination present in the pore water. These arthropods serve as model organisms in ecotoxicology for short and long-term exposure. This study aimed to assess the toxicity of three heavy metals (lead [Pb], cadmium [Cd], and copper [Cu]) using the springtail species Folsomia candida as the test organism, with mortality and growth inhibition as the measure of toxicity. We hypothesised that increasing metal concentrations in the soil would correspond to a growth reduction of Collembola. Each heavy metal was tested at a minimum of eight increasing concentrations in six replications. Twenty 10-12-day-old individuals were introduced into each test container filled with contaminated or control soil and incubated for 14 days. The test endpoints included growth inhibition determined by comparing F. candida growth rates in contaminated soil with those in control soil, as well as mortality rates. The EC
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