title: In situ assessment of phyto and zooavailability of trace elements: A complementary approach to chemical extraction procedures.
abstract: For an accurate risk assessment of sites contaminated by trace elements (TE), measurements of bioavailability must be performed. This is routinely achieved using the standardized 0.01M CaCl2 method. However, the suitability of chemical extractions as proxies of bioavailability is questionable. We analyzed the correlations between chemically estimated TE bioavailability and TE actually accumulated by coupling plant and snails bioindicators. Results showed a better correlation between plant TE contents and CaCl2 fraction while total soil concentration better explained snail TE contents. However in both cases chemical measures were not suitable to predict TE accumulation and bioavailability. Considering the soil properties only improve the estimation of Cr, Ni and Pb accumulation by plants while for snails, TE contents in viscera were dependent both on soil and plant contents and soil properties. It highlights the complementarities of biomonitoring methods to assess bioavailability. This dual approach allows a "physiologically defined" evaluation of bioavailability.
authors: Department of Chrono-Environment, University of Franche-Comté, UMR UFC/CNRS 6249 USC/INRA, 16 route de Gray, F-25030 Besançon Cedex, France. Electronic address: benjamin.pauget@univ-fcomte.fr.
authors: Benjamin
authors: B
authors: Pauget
authors: University of Lyon, UMR CNRS 5600 EVS-EMSE-Géosciences et Environnement F 42, Mines Saint-Etienne, 158 cours Fauriel, F-42023 St-Etienne Cedex 2, France.
authors: Olivier
authors: O
authors: Faure
authors: University of Lyon, UMR CNRS 5600 EVS-EMSE-Géosciences et Environnement F 42, Mines Saint-Etienne, 158 cours Fauriel, F-42023 St-Etienne Cedex 2, France.
authors: Cyrille
authors: C
authors: Conord
authors: Department of Chrono-Environment, University of Franche-Comté, UMR UFC/CNRS 6249 USC/INRA, 16 route de Gray, F-25030 Besançon Cedex, France.
authors: Nadia
authors: N
authors: Crini
authors: Department of Chrono-Environment, University of Franche-Comté, UMR UFC/CNRS 6249 USC/INRA, 16 route de Gray, F-25030 Besançon Cedex, France.
authors: Annette
authors: A
authors: de Vaufleury
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D012908:Snails / Q000378:metabolism*; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014131:Trace Elements
keywords: Bioavailability; Contamination sources; Coupling bioindicators; Risk assessment; Soil parameters; Trace element