Combined effects of copper, desiccation, and frost on the viability of earthworm cocoons

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 897-901

  Holmstrup, Martin ^a   Petersen, Birgitte Friis ^a,b   Larsen, Martin MØrk ^c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cold tolerance; Copper; Drought tolerance; Earthworm cocoons; Synergistic effects

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

COPPER; DESICCATION; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FROST;

ARTICLE; COLD INJURY; COLD TOLERANCE; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL POISONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; APORRECTODEA; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; CALIGINOSA; DENDROBAENA; DENDROBAENA OCTAEDRA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0031946998     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0897:CEOCDA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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