Earthworm responses to Cd and Cu under fluctuating environmental conditions: A comparison with results from laboratory exposures

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 443-452

  Spurgeon, David J ^a   Svendsen, Claus ^a   Lister, Lindsay J ^a   Hankard, Peter K ^a   Kille, Peter ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body burden; Metallothionein; Neutral red retention; Rainfall; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CELL MEMBRANES; COPPER; ECOSYSTEMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TOXICITY;

CLIMATE EFFECTS; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL FLUCTUATIONS; LYSOSOMAL MEMBRANES;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

CADMIUM; COPPER; METALLOTHIONEIN;

TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION; LABORATORY; LIFE CYCLE; LYSOSOME MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXICITY TESTING;

LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 18144411329     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.01.013     Document Type: Article

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