Toxicity of nickel to the earthworm and the applicability of the neutral red retention assay

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 291-295

  Scott Fordsmand, Janeck J ^a   Weeks, Jason M ^b   Hopkin, Stephen P ^c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthworm; Eisenia veneta; Nickel; Soil; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

NEUTRAL RED; NICKEL;

EARTHWORM; GROWTH; NICKEL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EARTHWORM; GROWTH; LYSOSOME MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; EISENIA VENETA; INVERTEBRATA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0032447748     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008824531114     Document Type: Article

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