Bioindication properties of earthworms in the conditions of application of anti-ice reagents

Dryabzhinskiy Oleg Evgenyevich, Zubkova Valentina Mikhaylovna, Pugacheva Tamara Gennad’yevna

A large number of economic facilities are located in and around Moscow. In addition, in Russian cities there is a need to treat areas of the urboecosystem anti-ice reagents (AIR). AIR exacerbates the difficult environmental situation in the city. The purpose of our research was to identify the indicator capabilities of earthworms depending on the intensity of pollution of snow cover and soil, the establishment of the relationship between the content of heavy metals (HM) in snow water and earthworms. During the study, all samples recorded a significant excess of the snow water content of the components of AIR compared to their content in the background.

Keywords:anti-ice reagents, earthworms, snow, soil, heavy metals, correlation analysis.