Importance of salt ions in ecotoxicological tests with soil arthropods

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-193

  Schrader, G ^a   Metge, K ^b   Bahadir, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Chloride ion effect; Collembola; Heavy metals; Soil water content; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SALT ION; SOIL;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; POECILUS CUPREUS;

EID: 0031750527     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(97)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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