Toxicity of nickel to a soil-dwelling springtail, Folsomia fimetaria (Collembola: Isotomidae)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-61

  Scott Fordsmand, Janeck J ^a   Krogh, Paul Henning ^a   Hopkin, Stephen P ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collembola; Folsomia fimetaria; Loamy sand soil; Nickel; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

NICKEL;

GROWTH; MORTALITY; NICKEL; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; INVERTEBRATE; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SAND; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA FIMETARIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOTOMIDAE;

EID: 0032948815     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1998.1758     Document Type: Article

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