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Growth rate change in earthworms is considered to be a suitable endpoint when determining sublethal effects. In this study we evaluated growth and maturation in the vermicomposting earthworm speciesEudrilus eugeniae as marker of sublethal toxicity of copper and zinc. We also compared routes of uptake. Apart from exposing worms experimentally for 73 days to contaminated food, a series of contact filter paper tests was also performed to determine LD50 for copper and zinc. Both copper and zinc at sublethal concentrations affected growth and maturation in worms exposed to contaminated food. These worms had a copper content of 34.5 μg g?1 after 73 days and a zinc content of 184.9 μg g?1, showing a differential uptake. Copper was more toxic than zinc. Also in the contact test worms did take up more zinc than copper and the LD50 (48 h) for copper was 0.011 mg cm?2 and for zinc 0.066 mg cm?2, which translated to body burdens of 6 μg g?1 for copper and 131 μg g?1 for zinc. Indications were that a regulatory mechanism existed for both metals. Both metals were taken up through the body wall at a relatively fast rate. This study indicated that the skin was the major route of metal uptake. This study also showed a poor relation between the two types of tests for purposes of evaluating lethality of zinc and copper.  相似文献   

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The effect of adding cobalt, as 60Co, to the food source of the earthworm Eisenia foetida was studied. Cobalt was retained with a half-life of 387 ± 43 (SD) days in the worm. After 172 days more cobalt was concentrated in the gut than the body wall. 60Co was not transmitted from adults to cocoons. Prolonged studies involving the addition of CoCl2 (0, 8.2, 16.5 and 82.5 μg Co g?1) to a food source low in Co indicated that total Co concentrations of 17.6 and 25.9 μg g?1 resulted in significantly increased maximum weights compared to the control worms which were exposed to 9.4 μg Co g?1. The highest Co addition (82.5 μg g?1, total 91.9 μg g?1) caused no increase in maximum weight over controls, but resulted in a statistically significant lag in early growth compared to that of all other groups. Significantly more cocoons were produced by worms fed 17.6 or 25.9 μg Co g?1 compared with those fed 9.4 or 91.9 μg Co?1 Co.  相似文献   

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Volume regulation (weight change) correlates with varying salinity — Cu regimes in whole worms. Decapitation removed this correlation. Regulation of volume and Cu ion uptake are not coupled. Whole worms when exposed to Cu levels of 0.15 to 0.45 mg L?1 accumulated Cu which ranged from 48.9 to 145 μg g?1 dry weight within four days. Decapitated worms exposed to similar doses of Cu accumulated from 77.3 to 405.4 μg g?1 dry weight Cu within three days. Volume regulation appears to be both passive and active processes mediated by the nervous system.  相似文献   

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Bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) for inorganic mercury in earthworms are usually < 1; however, factors up to ～10 have been reported. Little information is available concerning the bioaccumulation of organic mercury in earthworms from actual contaminated soils and thus there has been uncertainty in the risk characterization phase of ecological risk assessments of mercury-contaminated sites. This study was initiated to determine the rate of uptake and bioaccumulation of total mercury (T-Hg) and monomethylmercury (MMHg) in Eisenia fetida from soils which have been contaminated with mercury for approximately 30 years. The study consisted of a 28-day uptake phase in three mercury-contaminated soils and one soil with background concentrations of mercury followed by a 14-day depuration phase in background soil only. Total mercury concentrations in the study soils ranged from 85 to 11,542 μg kg?1 dry weight soil; MMHg concentrations ranged from 1.12 to 7.35 μg kg?1 dry weight soil. Time to 90% steady states for T-Hg ranged from 36 to 42 days. A steady state did not occur for any of the MMHg exposures during the 42-day study; estimated time to 90% steady state varied from 97 to 192 days. BAFs for T-Hg ranged from 0.6 to 3.3. BAFs for MMHg ranged from 175 to 249. The BAFs for T-Hg and MMHg were larger in earthworms exposed to the lower contaminated soils and smaller in the higher mercury-contaminated soils. The absolute concentrations of T-Hg and MMHg bioaccumulated in E. fetida, however, were higher in the earthworms exposed to the higher mercury soils and lower in the less mercury-contaminated soils.  相似文献   

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Forest floor and mineral soil samples were collected from subalpine spruce-fir forests at 1000 m above mean sea level on 19 mountains in the northeastern United States to assess patterns in trace metal concentrations, acidity, and organic matter content. The regional average concentrations of Pb, Cu, and Zn in the forest floor were 72.3 (2.9 s.e.) μg g?1, 8.5 (0.7) μg g?1, and 46.9 (2.0) μg g?1, respectively. The regional average concentrations of Pb, Cu, and Zn in the mineral soil were 13.4 (0.8) μg g?1, and 18.2 (1.2) μg g?1, respectively. The regional average pH values of the forest floor and mineral soil were 3.99 (0.03), and 4.35 (0.03), respectively. The Green Mountains had the highest concentrations of Pb (105.7 μg g?1), and Cu (22.7 μg g?1), in the forest floor. They also had the highest concentrations of Cu (18.0 μg g?1), in the mineral soil. Site aspect did not significantly influence any of the values. Concentrations of Pb were lower than concentrations reported earlier in this decade at similar sites while concentrations of Cu and Zn remained the same. We believe that these lower Pb concentrations reflect real changes in forest Pb levels that have occurred in recent years.  相似文献   

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Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) was grown on a sandy soil given different doses of cadmium carbonate (salt), copper carbonate (malachite), lead carbonate (cerussite), and zinc carbonate (smithsonite) in a pot experiment conducted in a greenhouse. The element compounds were added to the soil in amounts equivalent to the following levels of the metals: Cd 5, 10, 50 μq ?1; Cu and Pb 50, 100, 500 μg g?1; Zn 150, 300, 1500 μg g?1. Sequential extraction was used for partition these metals into five operationally-defined fractions: exchangeable, bound to carbonates, bound to Fe-Mn oxides, bound to organic matter and residual. The residue was the most abundant fraction in the untreated soil for all the metals studied (43 to 61% of the total contents). The concentration of exchangeable Cd (0.2 μg g?1), Cu (0.01 μg g?1), Pb (0.1 μg g?1), and Zn (1.4 μg g?1) were relatively low in the untreated soil but increased markedly in the treated soils for Cd (up to 31 μg g?1) and Zn (up to 83 μg g?1), whereas only small changes were observed for Cu and Pb. The pot experiment showed a significant increase in the Cd and Zn contents of barley grown on the treated soils, but only small changes in Cu and Pb concentrations.  相似文献   

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The side effects of fluazifop-butyl on soil fungal populations and oxygen uptake were studied by incubating soil samples with a range of fluazifop-butyl concentrations (0, 0.6, 3 and 6 μg g?1) over 8 weeks. Cellulose decomposition in soil was also studied in laboratory experiments with the herbicide which was either incorporated in soil or sprayed onto calico squares which were buried in soil. The mycelial dry weight of six fungal species under the effect of the herbicide was also examined. Fluazifop-butyl had no significant effect on total fungal propagule populations at 0.6 μg g?1. At 3 and 6 μg g?1, it caused temporary reduction in fungal populations observed after 1 and 2-wk of incubation. The herbicide had no significant effect on OZ uptake. The decay of calico buried in herbicide-treated soil was generally stimulated, while the decomposition of herbicide-treated calico, buried in untreated soil, was temporary delayed. The mycelial dry weight yields of Aspergillus favus (at 2 and 12 μg mL?1 of fluazifop-butyl) and Cunninghamella echinulata (at 12 μg mL?1) were significantly increased. At 24 μg mL?1 the mycelial dry weight of A. flavus and Alternaria alternata was significantly reduced.  相似文献   

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Bacteria, Pseudomonas paucimobilis, were inoculated at two concentrations (6.56 × 104 g?1 and 6.56 × 106g?1) into sterilized soil amended with 700 μg glucose-C g?1. Two levels of NH+4-N (11.0μg g?1 and 81.0 μg g?1) were used. The subsequent development was followed for three days by measurement of several biological, chemical and physiological parameters.The amount of bacterial biomass-C (μg g?1 soil) became twice as great in high as in low N treatments, and significantly decreased between 39.5 and 63.5 h for the high inoculum, high N level treatment due to decreasing cell size. By the end of the experiment the cumulative respired carbon was twice as great and more inorganic P was immobilized for high compared to low N treatments and all available NH+4-N was taken up by the final sample time. Soil ATP concentrations were twice as large in high N treatments but the turnover times were twice as long compared to low N systems. The yield coefficient (Y), calculated from respiration and biomass-C values, equalled 0.61 while substrate was plentiful. Nitrogen limitation did not alter the efficiencey with which glucose was transformed into biomass, but rather controlled the total amount of glucose used and biomass produced.  相似文献   

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稻米和土壤微量元素的空间变异   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  
Consumption of rice is the main source of micronutrients to human in Asia. A paddy field with unknown anthropogenic contamination in Deqing County, Zhejiang Province, China was selected to characterize the spatial variability and distribution of micronutrients in rice grain and soil. A total of 96 paired soil and rice grain samples were collected at harvest. The micronutrients in the soil samples were extracted by diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA). The mean micronutrient concentrations in rice grain were 3.85 μg Cu g-1, 11.6 μg Fe g-1, 39.7 μg Mn g-1, and 26.0 μg Zn g-1. The mean concentrations were 2.54 μg g-1 for DTPA-Cu, 133.5 μg g-1 for DTPA-Fe, 30.6 μg g-1 for DTPA-Mn, and 0.84 μg g-1 for DTPA-Zn. Semivariograms showed that measured micronutrients in rice grain were moderately dependent, with a range distance of about 110 m. The concentrations of the DTPA-extractable micronutrients all displayed strong spatial dependency, with a range distance of about 60 m. There was some resemblance of spatial structure between soil pH and the grain Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn. By analogy, similar spatial variation was observed between soil organic matter (SOM) and DTPA-extractable micronutrients in the soil. Kriging estimated maps of the attributes showed the spatial distributions of the variables in the field, which is beneficial for better understanding the spatial variation of micronutrients and for potentially refining agricultural management practices at a field scale.  相似文献   

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The effect of 50, 100, 150, and 400 μg sodium pentachlorophenate (Na-PCP) per gram soil was studied in nonsterile soil incubated under aerobic and anaerobic conditions, and in sterilized soil inoculated withAzotobacter sp. isolated from the soil. N2 fixation was determined by acetylene reduction. Pentachlorophenate at a concentration of 50 μg g?1 had an inhibitory effect in nonsterile soil incubated aerobically while strong inhibition of dinitrogen fixation in nonsterile soil occurred in the presence of 100 μg g?1 and above. The EC50 values for the inhibition of nitrogenase activity in nonsterile soil incubated aerobically and anaerobically and in sterilized soil inoculated withAzotobacter sp. suspensions were 49.8±1.4 μg Na-PCP g?1, 186.8±2.8 μg Na-PCP g?1, and 660.8±29.3 μg Na-PCP g?1, respectively.  相似文献   

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The effect of increasing concentrations of Cd and Zn in a sandy soil on spring wheat (Triticum vulgare L.) yields and the metal contents of the plants was examined in a pot experiment to establish critical levels of these metals in soil. The metals were added (individually and jointly) to the soil as sulfates in the following doses (in μg g?1, dry wt.): Cd — 2, 3, 5,10, 15, 25, and 50; Zn ?200, 300, 500, 1000, 1500, 2500, and 5000. Cadmium added to soil did not affect yields of wheat. The Zn dose of 1000 μg g?1 strongly reduced crop yields; at 1500 μg g? Zn dose wheat did not produce grain. The metal contents of wheat increased with increasing concentrations of Cd and Zn in soil up to 10.3 and 1587 μ g? of Cd and Zn in straw, respectively. The concentrations of both metals were higher in straw than in grain by factors of 3–7 and 1.5–2 for Zn and Cd, respectively. The relationships between Cd and Zn contents of the plants and soils were best expressed by exponential equations. High concentrations of Zn in soils (1042 and 1542 μg g?1) enhanced uptake of Cd by plants. The tested threshold concentrations of the metals in soils (3 μg g?1 for Cd and 200–300 μg g?1 for Zn) are safe for Zn but are too high for Cd in terms of protecting plants from excessive metal uptake. The critical Cd content of sandy soil should not exceed 1.5 μg g?.  相似文献   

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Experimental plots set up by G. W. Dimbleby to test the effect of birch on the soil of a podzolized heather moor were sampled for earthworms after 8, 10 and 27 yr. Of 213 worms collected, one was Dendrobaena octaedra (Savigny, 1826) and the remainder were Bimastos eiseni (Levinsen, 1884). No worms were found on the heather control plots and a single specimen only was taken on plots screefed and sown with Molinia. The population density on plots treated with birch litter, taking 1 yr with another, averaged approximately 1.7 worms m?2 with a biomass < 1 g m?2.On the Callunetum surrounding the experimental plots worms were sampled by a trapping method. Only B. eiseni was found. On the Callunetum and on the experimental plots worm numbers were correlated with the calcium content of the 0–3 cm soil horizon. Parts of the experimental site and surrounding Callunetum are subject to intermittent waterlogging. The development of the earthworm population in these areas appears to be restricted by occasional reducing conditions in the upper organic horizon.  相似文献   

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One of the characteristics of soils located within the cores of stockpile storage mounds at opencast mine sites is their accumulation of ammonium-nitrogen. Two areas of restored land were constructed from soil stockpiled for 3 years; one consisted of mound-surface (‘aerobic zone’) soil, and the other of deeply buried (‘anaerobic zone’) soil. In that constructed from mound-surface soil, concentrations of both ammonium- and nitrate-nitrogen remained fairly stable throughout the first 6 months of restoration at about 12–20 μg g?1, but in the site constructed from deeply buried soil, concentrations of ammonium-N decreased from an initial high of 160 to 14 μg N g?1 soil after 14 weeks, and increased again to 42 μg N g?1 soil by week 29. In contrast, concentrations of nitrate-nitrogen at the latter site increased from an initial 9 μg to a maximum recorded level of 77 μg N g?1 soil by week 14, before subsiding to 9 μg N g?1 soil by week 29. Nitrate was considered to have been lost from the restored soils by a combination of leaching and denitrification, as no vegetation was established at these sites. After a short-term stimulation following restoration, soil microbial biomass levels remained fairly constant, though soils (up to 3 years after restoration) were characterized by a very small ratio of biomass C: organic C.  相似文献   

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Limited information on the effect of glyphosate (N-phosphonomethylglycine) on soil microorganisms justified an inquiry into the response of soil actinomycetes, bacteria and fungi in terms of their respiration, and sensitivity of isolates. Low concentrations of glyphosate had little effect on total populations of these organisms during the 214-day experiment, while high concentrations initially increased actinomycete and bacterial numbers by 2 and 1case12 logs, respectively. The stimulation was followed by a decline and fluctuation showing a gradual increase in numbers. The respiration rates of the soil microbiota in soil suspensions, showed some irregular stimulation and retardation with up to 10 μg glyphosate ml?1. In contrast high doses suppressed O2 uptake by the microbiota. Fungi were the least affected. Pronounced inhibition of actinomycete and bacterial respiration was in agreement with the results from isolate replication. The results indicated both stimulation and inhibition of O2 uptake by some organisms within these groups. In contrast to some reports of limited, short-term inquiries these results showed considerable effects of glyphosate on soil microorganisms.  相似文献   

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Bone fluoride concentration was measured in field voles (Microtus agrestis) trapped throughout a year at a moderately polluted site 1 km south of an Al reduction plant at Holyhead, Anglesey. Fluoride values ranged from 300 to 4800 μg g?1, with a mean of 2074 μg g?1 and increased with age as judged by dried eye-lens weight and body weight. At a heavily polluted site about 250 m from the pot-room of the reduction plant field voles had bone fluoride concentrations which ranged from 910 to 11000 μg g?1 with a mean of 7148 μg g?1. Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) at this same location had a mean bone fluoride concentration of 8430 μg g?1 and ranged from 1800 to 17 200 μg g?1. The difference in mean bone fluoride concentration between these two species at this location was not significant (P > 0.1). A sample of field voles from presumed unpolluted sites in other parts of Britain had bone fluoride concentrations which ranged from 23 to 540 μg g?1 with a mean of 168 jig g?1. There was a high positive correlation (r > 0.97) between fluoride concentrations in different parts of field vole skeletons. There was no correlation between bone fluoride concentration in field voles and their femur diameters (r < 0.2).  相似文献   

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The effects of copper pollution on the soil fungal flora was investigated. Soils treated with 100, 200, 400, 800 or 1600 μg Cu g?1 were used for experiments to study changes in fungal populations, especially the development and dominance of copper-tolerant fungi. Fungi were sampled 1, 3 and 5 months after copper treatment.All the correlation coefficients between the copper contents and the number of fungal colonies plated were positive. The higher the copper concentration in soil, the more 1000 μ Cu ml?1 tolerant fungi were isolated. The relative number of 1000 μg Cu mr?1 tolerant fungi from the soil treated with 1600 μg Cu g?1 was about 30% of those of the control 14 days after treatment. Within the limits of this experiment, the increase in fungal populations was directly correlated with the increase of dominant Cu-tolerant fungi.From control soils, containing low quantities of copper, 1000 μg Cu ml?1 tolerant fungi were also isolated; whereas, from soils containing high amounts of copper, some Cu-sensitive fungi were isolated. Most of the 1000 μg Cu ml?1 tolerant fungi were Penicillium spp. It was concluded that the genus Penicillium may be dominant in soils polluted with copper.  相似文献   

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Nitrogen dioxide gas was rapidly absorbed by soil. After a 15 min incubation at 25°C, soil at a moisture content of 16% absorbed 99% of the NO2 introduced into the gas-phase volume of a closed system. The presence of microorganisms hatl no influence on the rate of absorption of the gas by soil. The absorption of NO2 by sandy clay loam soil was not an oxygen- or temperature-dependent process nor did it depend upon the moisture content of the soil. These physical factors acquired significance only in determining the initial rate of absorption of the gas and the rate at which NO2 diffused through the soil. Exposure of soil to NO2 resulted in substantial increases in the levels of NO inf2 sup? N in the soil. Chemical oxidation of the NO inf2 sup? N resulted in an increase in NO inf3 sup? N levels. During a 14-day incubation, NO inf2 sup? N concentrations in sterile soil exposed to an atmosphere containing 100 μg ml?1 of NO2 decreased from 190 μg g?1 of soil to 105 μg g?1 with an accompanying increase in NO inf3 sup? N from 2 μg g? 1 to 63 μg g?1 of soil. Nitrogen dioxide severely inhibited the growth of both aerobic and anaerobic asymbiotic N2-fixing bacteria in soil. After a 48 h incubation at 25°C, soil aggregates exposed to an atmosphere containing 100 μg ml?1 of NO2 contained 88% and 98% fewer aerobic and anaerobic N2-fixing bacteria, respectively. C2H2-reduction measurements showed that nitrogenase synthesis and activity in artificial soil aggregates amended with 2% glucose were inhibited by 20% and 48%, respectively, when exposed to atmospheric concentrations of 35 and 3.5 μg ml?1 of NO2, respectively.  相似文献   

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Lead tolerance in individuals of the earthworm species Aporrectodea rosea collected from a clay pigeon shooting site was investigated. Lead concentrations in the shooting site soil and the un-shot control site were 6410±2250 and 296±98 mgPb kg−1 dry weight, respectively. Of these concentrations 1050±240 and 12±9 mgPb kg−1 dry weight were suggested to be available, using ammonium acetate (1 M), respectively. With respect to earthworm body burdens of lead the shooting site earthworms had a body burden of 6.1±1.2 mgPb g−1 dry weight while the uncontaminated site earthworms had almost a 1000-times lower body burden of 7.1±9.0 μgPb g−1 dry weight. Lead tolerance was assessed in uncontaminated soil that had been augmented with lead, using lead nitrate solutions, to obtain lead concentrations in soil of 0.5, 5 and 50 mgPb kg−1 dry weight. Earthworms were exposed for 28 days during which time a semi-qualitative assessment was made of their condition. Results showed no decrease in condition in the shooting site earthworms with increasing exposure time or concentration. In contrast, earthworms collected from an uncontaminated site showed a significant (p<0.05) decrease in condition when exposed to lead concentrations above, and including, a concentration of 5 mg kg−1 dry weight soil. These results suggested lead tolerance in the shooting site earthworms.  相似文献   

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A field survey was conducted to determine the numbers and biomass of earthworms in soils receiving different tillage and cropping treatments, and to investigate in a greenhouse study the effect of earthworms on the rate of breakdown of soybean (Glycine max) and maize (Zea mays L.) residues. The numbers and biomass of earthworms under continuous soybeans were greater than those present under maize, possibly due to the adverse effects of insecticide and anhydrous ammonia fertilizer used with maize. No-tillage doubled the population of earthworms under soybeans, when compared with ploughing. Numbers (141 m?2) and biomass (26.5 g m?2) of earthworms under no-till soybeans were still much lower than the numbers (1298 m?2) and biomass (224.5 g m?2) under pasture receiving heavy applications of animal manure. Using 16-1 pots in the greenhouse, the effect of 0, 15 (250m?2) and 30 (500m?2) earthworms (Lumbricus rubellus) pot?1 on the rate of breakdown during 54 days of 50 g of soybean or maize residues in the Raub silt loam (Aquic Argiudoll) was studied. At 36 days, 60% of the soybean residues were recovered from pots to which no earthworms had been added, whereas in the presence of earthworms, only 34% of the soybean residues remained. In the absence of earthworms, 85% of the maize residues were recovered at 36 days, compared with only 52% in the presence of earthworms. At 36 days, 48% of the original maize residues added were still > 2 mm in length in the absence of earthworms, whereas only 26% were > 2 mm in length in the presence of earthworms. Earthworms also increased the aggregate stability of the Raub soil, when determined on moist (19–22% w/w) samples, but had no effect on soil water retention at ?33 and ?1500 kPa. The possible implications of greater earthworm activity on increasing residue incorporation and breakdown and subsequent effects on soil temperatures under no-till maize production are also discussed.  相似文献   

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Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) collected from the Annapolis and Shubenacadie Rivers in Nova Scotia, Canada, were analyzed for Hg in four tissues and for PCB's in two tissues. Average Hg concentrations in the muscle, liver, kidney, and gonad of 3.9 kg fish from Annapolis River were 0.77, 0.79, 0.26, and 0.07 μg g?1, respectively, and the corresponding values for the much smaller, 1.5 kg, fish from the Shubenacadie River were 0.51, 0.27, 0.24, and 0.06 μg g?1. The PCB concentrations in the muscle tissues of fish from Annapolis and Shubenacadie Rivers are 0.02 and 0.01 μg g?1, respectively, while the concentrations in gonads are 1.4 and 0.04 μg g?1 The observed lack of recruitment of striped bass in the Annapolis River may be related to high PCB concentrations in the gonad tissue.  相似文献   

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