Effects of metal-contaminated forest soils from the Canadian shield to terrestrial organisms

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 823-835

  Feisthauer, Natalie C ^a   Stephenson, Gladys L ^a   Princz, Juliska I ^b   Scroggins, Richard P ^b  

^a STANTEC CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collembola; Contaminated site soil; Eisenia andrei; Northern wheatgrass; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; TOXICITY;

COLLEMBOLA; CONTAMINATED SITE SOIL; EISENIA ANDREI; NORTHERN WHEATGRASS;

CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; METAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

CONTAMINATED LAND; FOREST SOIL; METAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOREST SOIL; INVERTEBRATE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; METALS; MUTATION; POACEAE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEEDS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

COLLEMBOLA; EISENIA ANDREI; ELYMUS KRONOKENSIS SUBALPINUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644641622     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-012R.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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