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TítuloEffects of anthropogenic heavy metal contamination on litter decomposition in streams: a meta-analysis
Autor(es)Ferreira, Verónica
Koricheva, Julia
Duarte, Sofia Alexandra Ferreira
Niyogi, Dev K.
Guérold, François
Palavras-chaveAnimals
Metals, Heavy
Mining
Rivers
Waste water
Water pollutants
Contamination origin
Decomposer
Litter type
Metal identity
Study type
DataMar-2016
EditoraElsevier
RevistaEnvironmental Pollution
CitaçãoFerreira V, Koricheva J, Duarte S, Niyogi DK, Guérold F. 2016. Effects of anthropogenic heavy metal contamination on litter decomposition in streams – a meta-analysis. Environmental Pollution 210: 261-270
Resumo(s)Many streams worldwide are affected by heavy metal contamination, mostly due to past and present mining activities. Here we present a meta-analysis of 38 studies (reporting 133 cases) published between 1978 and 2014 that reported the effects of heavy metal contamination on the decomposition of terrestrial litter in running waters. Overall, heavy metal contamination significantly inhibited litter decomposition. The effect was stronger for laboratory than for field studies, likely due to better control of confounding variables in the former, antagonistic interactions between metals and other environmental variables in the latter or differences in metal identity and concentration between studies. For laboratory studies, only copper + zinc mixtures significantly inhibited litter decomposition, while no significant effects were found for silver, aluminum, cadmium or zinc considered individually. For field studies, coal and metal mine drainage strongly inhibited litter decomposition, while drainage from motorways had no significant effects. The effect of coal mine drainage did not depend on drainage pH. Coal mine drainage negatively affected leaf litter decomposition independently of leaf litter identity; no significant effect was found for wood decomposition, but sample size was low. Considering metal mine drainage, arsenic mines had a stronger negative effect on leaf litter decomposition than gold or pyrite mines. Metal mine drainage significantly inhibited leaf litter decomposition driven by both microbes and invertebrates, independently of leaf litter identity; no significant effect was found for microbially driven decomposition, but sample size was low. Overall, mine drainage negatively affects leaf litter decomposition, likely through negative effects on invertebrates.
TipoArtigo
URIhttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/50843
DOI10.1016/j.envpol.2015.12.060
ISSN0269-7491
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