Assessment of a 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene-contaminated site using Aporrectodea rosea and Eisenia andrei in mesocosms

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-67

  Robidoux, P Y ^a   Svendsen, C ^b   Sarrazin, M ^a   Thiboutot, S ^c   Ampleman, G ^c   Hawari, J ^a   Weeks, J M ^b   Sunahara, G I ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRAL RED; TRINITROTOLUENE;

EARTHWORM; MESOCOSM; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST; TRINITROTOLUENE;

AISENIA ANDREI; APORRECTODEA ROSEA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARTHWORM; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEUTRAL RED; OLIGOCHAETA; QUEBEC; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOXICITY TESTS; TRINITROTOLUENE;

APORRECTODEA ROSEA; EISENIA ANDREI; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 12944324229     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-004-0217-7     Document Type: Article

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