Improvement of the applicability of ecotoxicological tests with earthworms, springtails, and plants for the assessment of metals in natural soils

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 776-787

  Römbke, Jörg ^a   Jänsch, Stephan ^a   Junker, Thomas ^a   Pohl, Britta ^a   Scheffczyk, Adam ^a   Schallnaß, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contaminated land; Laboratory tests; Natural soils; Risk assessment; Zinc nitrate

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SOILS; TOXICITY; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CONTAMINATED LAND; LABORATORY TESTS; NATURAL SOILS; ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD);

ECOLOGY;

METAL DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC NITRATE;

BIOINDICATOR; CONTAMINATED LAND; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; METAL;

CATION EXCHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; COTYLEDON; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROWTH; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEXTURE;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEAD; METALS; NITRATES; OLIGOCHAETA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

COLLEMBOLA; INVERTEBRATA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 33644638330     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-584R.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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