The discriminatory power of two biomonitors of trace metal bioavailabilities in freshwater streams.
The relative discriminatory powers of two trace metal biomonitors in European streams (the amphipod crustacean Gammarus fossarum and mayfly larvae of the genus Baetis-B. rhodani and B. vernus) are compared by discriminant function analysis using data from streams draining a zinc and lead mining area of Upper Silesia, Poland. The mayfly larvae (whether or not distinguished into the two separate species) had the better discriminatory power to distinguish between sites on the basis of local bioavailabilities of cadmium, copper, iron, lead and zinc. The bioavailabilities of the two metals lead and cadmium were the major local contributing factors to the stronger discrimination shown by the Baetis larvae.
Fialkowski
Wojciech
W
Department of Hydrobiology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow, Poland. wfialkow@if.uj.edu.pl
Rainbow
Philip S
PS
D033304:Amphipoda / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005618:Fresh Water; D007313:Insecta / Q000378:metabolism*; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D011044:Poland; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
D019216:Metals, Heavy; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical