Ecolab

TL;DR: In this paper, a mesocosm study was performed to examine short-term responses of selected soil enzyme activities to chlorpyrifos (Lorsban ® 4E).

TL;DR: Bioturbation could affect the proximity of pollutants to the roots and soil organic matter and the low correlation between estimated by CaCl2 and EDTA and measured pollutant phytoavailability suggest that earthworm bioturbation was the main cause of the increase.

TL;DR: The toxicity of cadmium for the Collembola Folsomia candida was studied by determining the effects of increasing Cd concentrations on growth, survival and reproduction in three cultivated and forested soils with different pHs.

TL;DR: The results suggest that non-homeostasis of fungi should be explicitly included in stoichiometric models dealing with nutrient recycling, and that the discrepancy in homeostasis between some bacterial strains and fungi should cer- tainly be considered when investigating interactions between both groups of decomposers.