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Comparison Among Test Substrates in Metal Uptake and Toxicity to Folsomia candida and Hordeum vulgare

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The main aim of this short review was to assess the effect of test medium on the bioavailability of metals to the soil invertebrate Folsomia candida and the barley plant Hordeum vulgare. Solution-only exposures and sand-solution media were suitable media with control survival of > 80%. Comparing toxicity and accumulation data, LC50 and/or EC50 values as well as internal concentrations of cadmium (Cd) and copper (Cu) were similar in the tests with different porewater composition for springtails and barley plants. Similar results for toxicity and bioaccumulation of Cd and Cu using different test substrates, suggest the importance of physiological handling of the effects by the organisms rather than the influence of test medium composition.

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This study was supported by the grants awarded by the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic-MEYS (Grant Nos. LM2015075 and EF16_013/0001782). This work has also been supported by Charles University Research Centre program No. 204069. The author thanks the reviewers for their constructive comments on the manuscript.

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Ardestani, M.M. Comparison Among Test Substrates in Metal Uptake and Toxicity to Folsomia candida and Hordeum vulgare. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 104, 400–410 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-020-02807-y

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