Feeding behaviour of Eisenia andrei in two different field contaminated soils

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 670-675

  Fleuren, Roel H L J ^a   Jager, Tjalling ^b   Roelofs, Willem ^a   De Groot, Arthur C ^a   Baerselman, Rob ^a   Peijnenburg, Willie J G M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digestion; Earthworms; Eisenia andrei; Feeding behaviour; Gut load; Gut retention time

Indexed keywords

DIGESTION; EARTHWORM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; RETENTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; EISENIA ANDREI; LUMBRICIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0346669882     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00244     Document Type: Conference Paper

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