Metal accumulation risks in regularly flooded and non-flooded parts of floodplains of the River Rhine: Extractability and exposure through the food chain

• Published in: Chemistry and ecology Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 463 - 477
• Main Authors: Wijnhoven, S., Van Der Velde, G., Leuven, R. S. E. W., Eijsackers, H. J. P., Smits, A. J. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 01.12.2006; Taylor and Francis
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; bioavailability; Bioavailability; Risk assessment; Biological and medical sciences; cadmium; Contaminated floodplains; contaminated soils; earthworms; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Food web; Fresh water environment; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; heavy-metals; invertebrates; Metal accumulation; Non-flooded areas; plants; small mammals; spatial variability; zinc; Europe, Rhine R; Cadmium; Risk; Bioavailability; Metal; Risk analysis; Metal accumulation; Zinc; Heavy metal; Contaminated floodplains; Trophic chain; Flood plain; Flood; Food web; Non-flooded areas; Risk assessment; Lead; Biological accumulation

Ecotoxicological risks of sediment contamination in floodplains are supposed to be highest in the regularly flooded parts. Therefore, in risk assessments, the non-flooded parts are neglected or considered to be reference areas. We investigated the metal extractability and levels in important food so...