The use of directional traps for the assessment of short-term phenanthrene effects upon soil springtail communities.
Directional traps, both horizontal and vertical, were used to assess the behavioural impact of phenanthrene application on soil springtail communities. Avoidance was not detected. Rather, a vertical attraction of the dominant species, Folsomia manolachei, was demonstrated, as well as a decrease in horizontal movements of Lepidocyrtus lanuginosus, another important species mainly captured at the soil surface. Ecological consequences of the results are discussed.
Gass
Frédéric
F
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS UMR 5176, 4 Avenue du Petit-Chateau, 91800 Brunoy, France.
Gillet
Servane
S
Ponge
Jean-François
JF
D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000737:chemistry*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D017753:Ecosystem; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000633:toxicity*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013997:Time Factors
D010616:Phenanthrenes; D012989:Soil Pollutants; C031181:phenanthrene