Acute toxicity of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in earthworm (Eisenia andrei)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-321

  Robidoux, Pierre Yves ^a   Hawari, Jalal ^a   Thiboutot, Sonia ^b   Ampleman, Guy ^b   Sunahara, Geoffrey I ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminated soil; Energetic compounds; Explosives; Toxicity test

Indexed keywords

TRINITROTOLUENE;

BIOMASS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MORTALITY; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

EISENIA ANDREI; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0032761085     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1999.1839     Document Type: Article

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