1. Editorial

   • Jan. E. Kammenga
   • Jason M. Weeks

   OriginalPaper Pages: 723 - 724

2. Pedological Characterisation of Sites Along a Transect from a Primary Cadmium/Lead/Zinc Smelting Works

   • Petra D. B. Filzek
   • David J. Spurgeon
   • Jason M. Weeks

   OriginalPaper Pages: 725 - 737

3. Stress Proteins (hsp70, hsp60) Induced in Isopods and Nematodes by Field Exposure to Metals in a Gradient near Avonmouth, UK

   • Marie-José S. J. Arts
   • Ralph O. Schill
   • Heinz-R. KÖhler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 739 - 755

4. Cd Accumulation and Cd–Metallothionein as a Biomarker in Cepaea hortensis (Helicidae, Pulmonata) from Laboratory Exposure and Metal-polluted Habitats

   • Reinhard Dallinger
   • Bernhard Lagg
   • Monika Chabicovsky

   OriginalPaper Pages: 757 - 772

5. Genetic Variation in the Enzyme Esterase, Bioaccumulation and Life History Traits in the Earthworm Lumbricus Rubellus from a Metal Contaminated Area, Avonmouth, England

   • Vibeke Simonsen
   • Janeck J. Scott-Fordsmand

   OriginalPaper Pages: 773 - 786

6. Energy Reserves and Metal-storage Granules in the Hepatopancreas of Oniscus asellus and Porcellio scaber (Isopoda) from a Metal Gradient at Avonmouth, UK

   • Ralph O. Schill
   • Heinz-R. KÖhler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 787 - 796

7. Environmental Metabonomics: Applying Combination Biomarker Analysis in Earthworms at a Metal Contaminated Site

   • Jacob G. Bundy
   • David J. Spurgeon
   • Jeremy K. Nicholson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 797 - 806

8. Metal Effects on Soil Invertebrate Feeding: Measurements Using the Bait Lamina Method

   • Petra D. B. Filzek
   • David J. Spurgeon
   • Jason M Weeks

   OriginalPaper Pages: 807 - 816

9. Critical Analysis of Soil Invertebrate Biomarkers: A Field Case Study in Avonmouth, UK

   • Jason M. Weeks
   • David J. Spurgeon
   • Janeck Scott-Fordsmand

   OriginalPaper Pages: 817 - 822