Honey bees and associated matrices as biomonitors of soil trace elements: Assessment of their sensitivity in a regional rural environment
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41210%2F24%3A98024" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41210/24:98024 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5793" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5793</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.5793" target="_blank" >10.1002/etc.5793</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Honey bees and associated matrices as biomonitors of soil trace elements: Assessment of their sensitivity in a regional rural environment
Original language description
Honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) represent a random biosampler integrating pollutants over space and time. An effective biomonitor for trace element (TE) pollution should provide a linear response to TE levels in the environment. However, uncertainties in detecting TEs originating in soil limit their use. To address this, nine experimental sites with multiple apiaries were established in the Upper Palatine Forest, Czech Republic. The soils surrounding the hives were characterized by estimations of the pseudototal and (bio)available pools of TEs. Our study aimed to (1) quantify the linear relationships between soil TE indices and TE contents in bees, bee bread, honey, and wax, and (2) verify the biobarrier function protecting honey from TE contamination. Lead (0.046-0.140 mu g g(-1)) and nickel (0.12-4.30 mu g g(-1)) contents in bees showed strong linear correlations with (bio)available Pb (0.012-0.254 mu g g(-1)) and pseudototal Ni (17.1-36.4 mu g g(-1)) in soil (Pearson's r = 0.95 and 0.88, p < 0.005), providing high spatial resolution. A weaker, insignificant correlation was observed for chromium (Cr; r = 0.65) and vanadium (V; 0.44), while no correlation was found for cadmium (Cd). However, the lack of associations for Cr, V, and Cd may result from the low soil TE levels in the region, negligible differences among the majority of sites, and temporal concerns related to different time scales of the biomonitors, impacting the linear model's sensitivity. Biochemical traits in bees, such as the biobarrier function, and different bioavailability of TEs from ingested matter may affect the matrix-to-matrix transfer of TEs in an element-dependent manner. Consequently, the linear response of bee-related biomonitors to TE levels in the environment may significantly deteriorate.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000845" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000845: Centre for investigation of synthesis and transformation of nutritional substances in the food chain in interaction with potentially harmful substances of athropogenic origin: assessment of contamination risks for the quality of production</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
ISSN
0730-7268
e-ISSN
0730-7268
Volume of the periodical
43
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
288-298
UT code for WoS article
001128055800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85180198302