Soils
[Farmland]
Farmland; Beijing, China
Toxicants
Irregation with waste and effluents from industrial plants.
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Eisenia fetida (ref. ID; 6746)
[Gas plant]
Gasworks site: Stockholm, Sweden
Toxicants
PAHs-contaminated soil.
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Eisenia fetida (ref. ID; 6737, 7218)
Coal gasification plant: Quebec, Canada
Toxicants
PAHs-contaminated soil.
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Eisenia fetida (ref. ID; 6906)
[Road]
Meadow: Santiago, Spain
Toxicants
The border of road (Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn).
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Allolobophora caliginosa (ref. ID; 5990)
Oligochaeta: Allolobophora rosea (ref. ID; 5990)
Oligochaeta: Dendrobaena madeirensis (ref. ID; 5990)
Oligochaeta: Dendrobaena octaedra (ref. ID; 5990)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus friendi (ref. ID; 5990)
Road: Brussels, Belgium
Toxicants
Effect of Urbanization (Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn).
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Allolobophora chlorotica (ref. ID; 5994)
Oligochaeta: Aporrectodea caliginosa (ref. ID; 5994)
Oligochaeta: Aporrectodea icterica (ref. ID; 5994)
Oligochaeta: Aporrectodea rosea (ref. ID; 5994)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus castaneus (ref. ID; 5994)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus rubellus (ref. ID; 5994)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus terrestris (ref. ID; 5994)
Road: Scotland, UK
Toxicants
Cd, Cu, Pb, Fe.
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Allolobophora chlorotica (ref. ID; 1433)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus rubellus (ref. ID; 1433)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus terrestris (ref. ID; 1433)
[Sawmill]
Sawmill: Sikoniemi near the town of Kuopio in Central Finland
Toxicants
2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol, Pentachlorophenol.
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Aporrectodea caliginosa tuberculata (ref. ID; 6065)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus rubellus (ref. ID; 6065)
[Mine and Smelter]
Forest soil: Canada
Toxicants
Downwind of smelting operations (As, Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn).
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Eisenia andrei (ref. ID; 5980)
Forest soil: Sweden
Toxicants
Brass mill (smelter and foundry). Major elements emitted from the mill are zinc and copper (ca. 98% of emitted metals) and to a less degree lead and cadmium.
Test organisms
Soil animal community. (ref. ID; 6848)
Gold mine: in ontario, Canada (Deloro)
Toxicants
As
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus terrestris (ref. ID; 7173)
Grain field: Tikkurila, Finland
Toxicants
Old lead smelter.
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Aporrectodea caliginosa (ref. ID; 5996)
Oligochaeta: Aporrectodea icterica (ref. ID; 5996)
Oligochaeta: Dendrobaena octaedra (ref. ID; 5996)
Oligochaeta: Dendrodrilus rubidus (ref. ID; 5996)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus castaneus (ref. ID; 5996)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus rubellus (ref. ID; 5996)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus terrestris (ref. ID; 5996)
Soil: Northeast China
Toxicants
Total and methyl mercury. The study area is the Huludao City, a heavily polluted region by chlor-alkali and nonferrous metal smelting industry.
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Allolobophora sp., Drawida sp., and Limnodrilus sp. (ref. ID; 6933)
Soil: Northern Kosovo
The study area is centred on the town of Kosovska Mitrovica in northern Kosovo. This area was one of the main industrial sites in the former Yugoslavia and one of the most important mining districts in Europe. Industrial activities were concentrated mainly around the Zvecan Pb-Zn smelter located close to the town of K. Mitrovica. The zvecan smelter from 1939 to 2000 continously processed the ore extracted from the mines of the Trepca district.
Toxicants
As, Cd, Cu, Pb, Sb and Zn.
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Allolobophora rosea (ref. ID; 7168)
Oligochaeta: Nicordrilus caliginosus (ref. ID; 7168)
Soil: Southern France
Toxicants
Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn.
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Community. (ref. ID; 6893)
Nord-Pas-de-Calais: France
Toxicants
Wastes and dust emissions from the metallurgical industry (Pb and Zn smelter).
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Aporrectodea caliginosa (ref. ID; 4639)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus rubellus (ref. ID; 4639)
Ultramafic soil: In the Barberton area (Mpumalamga, South Africa)
Sampling site
Kaapsehoop Chrysotile Mine (Kaapsehoop 1-3), Barberton Nature Reserve, Agnes Mine, Songimvelo Nature Reserve.
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Aporrectodea caliginosa (ref. ID; 6688)
Oligochaeta: Eisenia fetida (ref. ID; 6688)
[The Netherlands]
The Netherlands
Samling sites
Moderately contaminated (Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn) sites (site codes see Janssen et al. (1997) (Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 16, 2470-2478).
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Eisenia andrei (ref. ID; 6842, 6857)
Oligochaeta: Enchytraeus crypticus (ref. ID; 6783)
Breaker's yard in Doetinchem, The Netherlands
Sampling site
Cu, Pb and Zn contaminated.
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Dendrobaena veneta (ref. ID; 6851)
Grassland: The Dutch Kempen region, The Netherlands
Toxicants
Zinc-smelting complex (Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn).
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus rubellus (ref. ID; 5989)
[The United Kingdom]
The Cefn Parc Pb and Zn-mine, South Wales, UK
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Allolobophora chlorotica (ref. ID; 5992)
Oligochaeta: Aporrectodea caliginosa (ref. ID; 5992)
Oligochaeta: Aporrectodea longa (ref. ID; 5992)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus rubellus (ref. ID; 5992)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus terrestris (ref. ID; 5992)
The deposition plume: Avonmouth, South West England, UK
Toxicants
Primary Cd, Pb, and Zn smelter.
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus rubellus (ref. ID; 5978, 6743)
The vicinity of the Avonmouth smelting works, UK
Toxicants
Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn.
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Eisenia fetida (ref. ID; 6834, 6864)
Carrock Fell, Cumbria, UK
Toxicants
Abandoned copper and arsenic mine (As).
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Dendrodrilus rubidus (ref. ID; 3580)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus rubellus (ref. ID; 3580)
Devon Great Consols, UK
Toxicants
Abandoned copper and arsenic mine (As).
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Dendrodrilus rubidus (ref. ID; 3580, 4481)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus rubellus (ref. ID; 3580, 4481, 6909, 6912)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus terrestris (ref. ID; 7173)
Disused non-ferrous metalliferous mines, UK
Toxicants
Diverse anthropogenic sources (Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn).
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus rubellus (ref. ID; 5984, 5991, 5998, 7055)
Oligochaeta: Dendrodrilus rubidus (ref. ID; 5991, 5998)
Metalliferous sites in the United Kingdom
Toxicants
- Seven sites are disused mines: Shipham, Cwmystwyth, Weymyss, Llatrisant, Charterhouse and Glenridding.
- One site was on the perimeter of a lead-zinc smelter,
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Eisenia fetida (ref. ID; 6750)
Pasture: Severnside, UK
Toxicants
Industrial smelting complex (Cd, Pb, Zn).
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Allolobophora caliginosa (ref. ID; 5997)
Oligochaeta: Allolobophora chlorotica (ref. ID; 5997)
Oligochaeta: Allolobophora longa (ref. ID; 5997)
Oligochaeta: Allolobophora rosea (ref. ID; 5997)
Oligochaeta: Allolobophora tuberculata (ref. ID; 5997)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus terrestris (ref. ID; 5997)
Frongoch (Aberystwyth, Dyfed, Wales): Ystwyth (Ystwyth Valley, Dyfed, Wales): Shipham (Shipham, Somerset, England): Broek Polder (Rotterdam, Holland), UK
Toxicants
Zn, Cu, Cd, Pb.
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Allolobophora caliginosa (ref. ID; 6850)
Oligochaeta: Allolobophora chlorotica (ref. ID; 6850)
Oligochaeta: Allolobophora longa (ref. ID; 6850)
Oligochaeta: Eisenia foetida (ref. ID; 6850)
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus terrestris (ref. ID; 6850)
[The United States of America]
The Baird and McGuire Superfund Site, Holbrook, Massachusetts, USA
Toxicants
alpha-chlordane, Chlordene, Endrin, gamma-chlordane, gamma-chlordene, p-DDD, p-DDE, p-DDT, Nonachlor
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus terrestris (ref. ID; 7016]
The Tri-State mining region, USA
Sampling site
The area were conducted large-scale mining operations from the mid-1800s to the 1950s.
Toxicants
Pb, Zn, Cd.
Test organisms
Oligochaeta: Eisenia fetida (ref. ID; 6818)