Earthworm burrowing and feeding activity and the potential for atrazine transport by preferential flow

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 479-488

  Farenhorst, A ^a   Topp, E ^b   Bowman, B T ^b   Tomlin, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrazine leaching; Earthworm feeding activity; Preferential flow; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FEEDING; METABOLITE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PLANT RESIDUE; RAIN; SIMULATION; SOIL;

ATRAZINE; BURROWING; EARTHWORM; FEEDING;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 0034025590     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00177-7     Document Type: Article

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