Soil nematode communities as indicators of the effects of environmental contamination with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 363-370

  Snow Ashbrook, Jennifer ^a,b   Erstfeld, Karen M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nematodes; PAHs; Soil ecology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PAH; POLLUTION; SOIL FAUNA;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; GRAIN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MOISTURE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; TAXONOMY;

NEMATODA;

EID: 0032317317     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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