A method for assessing sublethal effects of contaminants in soils to the earthworm, Eisenia foetida

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 360-368

  Gibbs, Mitchell H ^a   Wicker, Linda F ^b   Stewart, Arthur J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthworm; Ecological risk assessment; Eisenia foetida; Soil toxicity; Sublethal effects

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

ARTICLE; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

EISENIA FETIDA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0030046612     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<0360:AMFASE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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