Avtor/Urednik     Zidar, Primož
Naslov     The influence of zine on the accumulation of cadmium and copper in the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber (Crustacea, Isopoda)
Prevedeni naslov     Vpliv cinka na akumulacijo kadmija in bakra pri kopenskem enakonožcu Porcellio scaber (Crustacea, Isopoda)
Tip     članek
Vir     Acta Biol Slov
Vol. in št.     Letnik 48, št. 1
Leto izdaje     2005
Obseg     str. 3-12
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     Relative to data derived from single-metal exposure not much is known about metal kinetics in terrestrial isopods exposed to a mixture of metals. In the work presented the accumulation pattern of Zn, Cd and Cu were studied in Porcellio scaber, one of the most investigated isopods. Animals were fed with hazel leaves dosed with single metals or their binary mixtures. After twenty-one days of exposure, food consumption and metal accumulation were measured. Results revealed that the accumulation of Zn is not affected by a decreased food consumption rate or by possible interactions between the mixture constituents. In contrast, the accumulation of Cd and Cu is significantly reduced when food is also contaminated with Zn. The lower accumulation of Cd and Cu can be ascribed to interactions with Zn that affect uptake and/or loss of metals.
Izvleček     Kinetika kovinskih ionov pri kopenskih rakih enakonožcih, ki so izpostavljeni zmesi kovin je, v nasprotju z izpostavitvijo le eni kovini, malo poznana. V predstavljenem delu smo spremljali akumulacijo cinka, kadmija in bakra pri kopenskem raku enokožcu vrste Porcellio scaber. Poskusne živali smo hranili z listi leske, ki smo jim dodali raztopino ene ali pa zmes dveh kovin. Po enaindvajsetih dneh izpostavitve smo izmerili količino zaužite hrane in količino akumuliranih kovinskih ionov. Rezultati so pokazali, da na akumulacijo cinka ne vpliva upad prehranjevanja kakor tudi ne interakcije med kovinami v zmesi. Nasprotno je akumulacij kadmija in bakra značilno nižja ob sočasni prisotnosti cinka v hrani. Nižja akumulacija kadmija in bakra je posledica njune interakcije s cinkom, kar vpliva na manjši privzem ali pa večje izločanje kadmija in bakra iz telesa.
Deskriptorji     CRUSTACEA
FOOD CONTAMINATION
FEEDING BEHAVIOR
ZINC
CADMIUM
COPPER