Effects of cadmium, copper, lead and zinc on growth, reproduction and survival of the earthworm Eisenia fetida (Savigny): Assessing the environmental impact of point-source metal contamination in terrestrial ecosystems

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 123-130

  Spurgeon, D J ^a   Hopkin, S P ^a   Jones, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; ZINC;

ARTICLE; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTION; SMELTER; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL;

CADMIUM; COPPER; EARTHWORM; LEAD; ZINC;

UK, ENGLAND, AVON, AVONMOUTH;

EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 0028182161     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0269-7491(94)90094-9     Document Type: Article

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