ROADSIDE GRADIENTS OF LEAD AND ZINC CONCENTRATIONS IN SURFACE-DWELLING INVERTEBRATES

Samples of soil, vegetation and invertebrates were taken along six transects perpendicular to major roads. The levels of lead and zinc found decreased with distance from the road in all samples except for the invertebrate Zn results which were uninfluenced by proximity to the road. The invertebrates showed a 64% decrease in Pb body burden between roadside values and levels 150m from the road.

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• Authors:
  • Wade, K J
  • Flanagan, J T
  • Currie, H
  • CURTIS, D J
• Publication Date: 1980-4

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 87-93
• Serial:
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier Publishing Company, Limited
  • ISSN: 0269-7491
  • Serial URL: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/environmental-pollution

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concentration (Chemistry); Heavy metals; Highway grades; Highways; Invertebrates; Lead (Metal); Roadside; Roadside improvement; Sampling; Slopes; Soil pollution; Soils; Vegetation; Zinc
• Uncontrolled Terms: Concentration
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway systems; Soil sampling
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00325252
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 15 1981 12:00AM