Survival and reproduction of Enchytraeus crypticus (Oligochaeta, Enchytraeidae) in a natural sandy loam soil amended with the nitro-heterocyclic explosives RDX and HMX

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 651-656

  Kuperman, Roman G ^a,c   Checkai, Ronald T ^a   Simini, Michael ^a   Phillips, Carlton T ^a   Kolakowski, Jan E ^a   Kurnas, Carl W ^a   Sunahara, Geoffrey I ^b  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eco SSL; Enchytraeid worm; Explosives; Hormesis; Soil; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPLOSIVE; REPRODUCTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL;

ANNELIDA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; ENCHYTRAEUS; ENCHYTRAEUS CRYPTICUS; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; SASSAFRAS;

EID: 0347300424     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0031-4056(04)70250-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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