Earthworms as bio-indicators of metal pollution in dump sites of Abeokuta City, Nigeria

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 229-234

  Bamgbose, O ^a   Odukoya, O ^a   Arowolo, T O A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dump sites; Earthworms; Metals; Organic matter; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042684813     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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