Impact of pollution caused by uranium production on soil macrofauna

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-219

  Gongalsky, Konstantin B ^a  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Arsenic; Carabidae; Heavy metals; Macrofauna; Soil; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIODIVERSITY; MILLING (MACHINING); MINING; POLLUTION; SOILS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

PITFALL TRAPPINGS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING;

ARSENIC; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; STRONTIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM; ZINC;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL POLLUTION; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URANIUM MINE;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC POISONING; BEETLES; FOOD CHAIN; METALS, HEAVY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALIA; CARABIDAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242364118     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026031224658     Document Type: Article

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