Heavy metal concentrations in Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) in the Niepołomice Forest

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-88

  Rozen, A ^a   Sobczyk, L ^a   Kapusta, P ^a   Niklinska M ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Enchytraeidae; Forest ecosystem; Heavy metals; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

BIOACCUMULATION; EARTHWORM; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; HEAVY METAL;

ANNELID WORM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRY MASS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; FOREST; NONHUMAN; OAK; PINE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALOPOLSKIE; NIEPOLOMICE FOREST; POLAND;

ANIMALIA; CARPINUS; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0038217341     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2003.08.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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