Arsenic speciation in the earthworms Lumbricus rubellus and Dendrodrilus rubidus

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1302-1308

  Langdon, Caroline J ^a   Piearce, Trevor G ^a   Feldmann, Jörg ^b   Semple, Kirk T ^a   Meharg, Andrew A ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenic resistance; Earthworms; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOILS; TISSUE CULTURE;

MINE SOILS;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOBETAINE;

ARSENIC; EARTHWORM;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DENDRODRILUS RUBIDUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRY WEIGHT; EARTHWORM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCUBATION TIME; LIFE HISTORY; LINEAR SYSTEM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINING; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICUS; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0041816219     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)022<1302:ASITEL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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