| leg deformities of oribatid mites as an indicator of environmental pollution. | oribatid mites have often been used as indicators of the degree of environmental pollution but few studies have assessed the effects of pollution at individual level. one possible indicator of environmental stress at individual level is structural malformations of exoskeleton. we studied whether a number of leg deformities in soil oribatid mites could be used as an indicator of the degree of heavy metal pollution or acidity in nature. for this purpose we collected soil samples in a well known po ... | 2009 | 19481780 |