A comparison of Collembola species for toxicity testing of Australian soils

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-179

  Greenslade, Penelope ^a   Vaughan, Gary T ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avoidance tests; Collembola; Earthworms; Ecotoxicology; Heavy metals; Sinella communis; Soil pH

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICOLOGY; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

AUSTRALIA;

CANDIDA; CHEN; COLLEMBOLA; ENTOMOBRYIDAE; FOLSOMIA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; ISOTOMIDAE; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PROISOTOMA; PROISOTOMA MINUTA; SINELLA; SINELLA COMMUNIS;

EID: 0037248002     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00180     Document Type: Article

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