Direct toxicity assessment of two soils amended with sewage sludge contaminated with heavy metals using a protozoan (Colpoda steinii) bioassay

Chemosphere

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 501-514

  Campbell, Colin D ^a   Warren, Alan ^b   Cameron, Clare M ^a   Hope, Susan J ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CILIATE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PROTOZOON; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

HEAVY METAL; MICROORGANISM; PROTOZOA; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

CILIOPHORA; COLPODA STEINII; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031451111     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(96)00389-X     Document Type: Article

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