Survival and reproduction of Lumbricus terrestris L. in colliery spoil and sewage sludge

Pedobiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 729-734

  Bain, Sharon O ^a   Butt, Kevin R ^b   Morris, Richard M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Colliery spoil; Lumbricus terrestris; Reproduction; Sewage sludge; Survival

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; INOCULATION; MIXTURE; MORTALITY; POPLAR; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WILLOW;

EARTHWORM; REPRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANNELIDA; INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; SALIX;

EID: 0033378842     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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