Selection for Cu-tolerant bacterial communities with altered composition, but unaltered richness, via long-term Cu exposure

J Berg, KK Brandt, WA Al-Soud, PE Holm… - Applied and …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Toxic metal pollution affects the composition and metal tolerance of soil bacterial
communities. However, there is virtually no knowledge concerning the responses of …

Cu exposure under field conditions coselects for antibiotic resistance as determined by a novel cultivation-independent bacterial community tolerance assay

J Berg, MK Thorsen, PE Holm, J Jensen… - … science & technology, 2010 - ACS Publications
Environmental reservoirs of antibiotic resistance are important to human health, and recent
evidence indicates that terrestrial resistance reservoirs have expanded during the antibiotic …

Co** with copper: legacy effect of copper on potential activity of soil bacteria following a century of exposure

I Nunes, S Jacquiod, A Brejnrod… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Copper has been intensively used in industry and agriculture since mid-18th century and is
currently accumulating in soils. We investigated the diversity of potential active bacteria by …

Ecological risk assessment of contaminated soil

J Jensen, MB Pedersen - Reviews of Environmental Contamination and …, 2006 - Springer
Assessing the ecological risk of contaminated soil, pesticide application, sewage sludge
amendment, and other human activities leading to exposure of the terrestrial environment to …

Changes in species richness of vascular plants under the impact of air pollution: a global perspective

EL Zvereva, E Toivonen… - Global Ecology and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To investigate the general pattern of changes in species richness and diversity of
vascular plants due to environmental contamination and associated habitat changes …

Changes in plant functional traits and their relationships with environmental factors along an urban-rural gradient in Guangzhou, China

G Song, J Wang, T Han, Q Wang, H Ren, H Zhu… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization in southern China has had significant impacts on the monsoon
evergreen broad-leaved forests and caused a series of environmental issues. How plants, in …

Geographical and pedological drivers of distribution and risks to soil fauna of seven metals (Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb, V and Zn) in British soils

DJ Spurgeon, P Rowland, G Ainsworth, P Rothery… - Environmental …, 2008 - Elsevier
Concentrations of seven metals were measured in over 1000 samples as part of an
integrated survey. Sixteen metal pairs were significantly positively correlated. Cluster …

How arsenic contamination influences downslope wetland plant and microbial community structure and function

KE Munford, S Gilbert-Parkes, NCS Mykytczuk… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mine tailings are prevalent worldwide and can adversely impact adjacent ecosystems,
including wetlands. This study investigated the impact of gold (Au) mine tailings …

Variation in dry grassland communities along a heavy metals gradient

MW Woch, P Kapusta, AM Stefanowicz - Ecotoxicology, 2016 - Springer
The aim of this study was to investigate the variation in plant communities growing on metal-
enriched sites created by historical Zn–Pb mining. The study sites were 65 small heaps of …

A single application of Cu to field soil has long-term effects on bacterial community structure, diversity, and soil processes

SA Wakelin, G Chu, R Lardner, Y Liang, M McLaughlin - Pedobiologia, 2010 - Elsevier
Long-term diversity-disturbance responses of soil bacterial communities to copper were
determined from field-soils (Spalding; South Australia) exposed to Cu in doses ranging from …