Effects of cadmium on an aquatic community using artificial enclosures

Abstract The influence of cadmium (10, 50 and 100 μg‐1‐1) on enclosed columns of lake water was studied. The most important effects were: the decrease of phytoplankton and Zooplankton biomass, the variation in Zooplankton population dynamics, the decrease in oxygen concentration andjncrease in ammonia.