Effect of pH on metal speciation and resulting metal uptake and toxicity for earthworms

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 788-796

  Spurgeon, David J ^a   Lofts, Stephen ^a   Hankard, Peter K ^a   Toal, Mark ^a   McLellan, Donna ^a   Fishwick, Samantha ^b   Svendsen, Claus ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological availability; Cadmium; Free ion activity; Toxicological availability; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PH EFFECTS; SOLUBILITY; ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; FREE ION ACTIVITY; TOXICOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY;

TOXICITY;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN II; NITRIC ACID; ZINC;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CADMIUM; PH; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILITY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CADMIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS; METALS, HEAVY; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 33644654865     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-045R1.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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