Tolerance to zinc in populations of the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus from uncontaminated and metal-contaminated ecosystems

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 332-337

  Spurgeon, D J ^a   Hopkin, S P ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

EARTHWORM; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOLERANCE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY WEIGHT; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0032871640     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900522     Document Type: Article

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