Reproduction and survival of Eisenia fetida in a sandy loam soil amended with the nitro-heterocyclic explosives RDX and HMX

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 657-662

  Simini, Michael ^a   Checkai, Ronald T ^a   Kuperman, Roman G ^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)

Author keywords

Earthworm; Eco SSL; Explosives; Soil; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

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

ANNELIDA; EISENIA FETIDA; INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0347930465     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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