Consumer-producer relationships for trace metals in Chorthippus brunneus (Thunberg. )

Journal Article · Fri Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986 · Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01607755· OSTI ID:5321985

Johnson, M S

The behavior of trace metals in terrestrial food chains is a subject of ecological interest, particularly in polluted environments where the potential exists for bioconcentration of metals known to be essential in trace amounts for normal plant and animal metabolism, as well as those with no known metabolic function but recognized toxicological properties. Laboratory studies of food chain relationships afford a means by which direct comparisons can be made between trace metals as a basis for interpretation of data collected from wild plant and animal populations. This study compares the behavior of three trace elements, copper, zinc and cadmium, in terms of their assimilation under experimental conditions by the herbivorous common field grasshopper, Chorthippus brunneus (Thunberg.). This voracious orthopteran is widely distributed in Britain and is particularly prominent in the restricted invertebrate community of some metal smelter-affected grasslands where it forms important seasonal prey for insectivorous small mammals.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Liverpool, England
• OSTI ID: 5321985
• Journal Information: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States) Vol. 37:2; ISSN BECTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

560304* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Invertebrates-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
ARTHROPODS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
COPPER COMPOUNDS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
FOOD CHAINS
GRASSHOPPERS
INSECTS
INVERTEBRATES
METALS
ORTHOPTERA
PHYSIOLOGY
TRACE AMOUNTS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
ZINC COMPOUNDS