Ecotoxicological laboratory tests with enchytraeids: A review

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 607-616

  Römbke, Jörg ^a  

^a ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicology; Enchytraeidae; Laboratory tests; Soil

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIOACCUMULATION; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 1642465540     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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