Pb and Zn imaging and in situ speciation at the geogenic/biogenic interface in sentinel earthworms using electron microprobe and synchrotron micro-focus X-ray spectroscopy
2013
Morgan, A.J. | Kille, P. | Bennett, A. | O'Reilly, M. | Fisher, P. | Charnock, J.M.
Using synchrotron- and electron microscope-based X-ray microanalyses, the distribution and speciation of Zn and Pb were examined in situ in two earthworm species (Dendrodrilus rubidus and Lumbricus rubellus) living in heavily-polluted soils. Main findings: (i) Zn spectra in ingested soil and in tissues more closely resembled Zn3(PO4)2 than ZnS; (ii) Zn speciation in tissues gave a best fit for Zn to the inner shell of 4 oxygens at 1.94 Å (or nitrogens at 1.96 Å); (iii) the best fit for Pb in tissue was with a shell of oxygens at 2.18 Å and a shell of sulphurs at 2.67 Å; (iv) a component of the Zn and much of the Pb detectable in gut contents was co-distributed with S; (v) Zn and Pb display ‘soft’ acid affinities in soil, but ‘hard’ acid affinities in tissue. This is the first metal characterisation study conducted on an invertebrate quench-frozen in the field.
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