Physiological basis in the assessment of ecotoxicity of pesticides to soil organisms

Chemosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 323-334

  Viswanathan, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

EARTHWORM; PESTICIDE; PHYSIOLOGOCAL EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CARBOFURAN; CARBON DIOXIDE; GROWTH; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES; OLIGOCHAETA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PESTICIDES; REPRODUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRIAZINES; UREA;

ANIMALIA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0030743101     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00158-6     Document Type: Article

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