Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Volume 32, Number 2, 172-177, DOI: 10.1007/s002449900171

Tissue-Specific Accumulation Patterns of Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn, Fe, and Mn in Workers of Three Ant Species (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) from a Metal-Polluted Site

W. B. Rabitsch

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Abstract

The present study compares the metal levels (Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn, Fe, Mn) in different tissues of workers of the ant species Formica pratensis Retzius, Formica polyctena (Förster), and Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille) collected from a metal-polluted site. In all species, highest metal levels were found in the midgut, followed by the malpighian tubules and the hindgut. Additional target sites were the
Received: 17 May 1996/Revised: 4 September 1996

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