Bioaccumulation of total mercury and monomethylmercury in the earthworm Eisenia Fetida

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 170, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 37-54

  Burton, Dennis T ^a   Turley, Steven D ^a   Fisher, Daniel J ^a   Green, Donald J ^b   Shedd, Tommy R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b US Army   (United States)

^c US Army Center for Environmental Health Research   (United States)

Author keywords

BAF; Bioaccumulation; Bioaccumulation factor; Earthworm; Ecological risk assessment; Eisenia fetida; Mercury; Monomethylmercury; Soil

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOACCUMULATION FACTORS (BAF); EARTHWORM; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; EISENIA FETIDA; MONOMETHYLMERCURY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; EARTHWORM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; EARTHWORM; EISENIA FOETIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION;

EISENIA FETIDA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 33645524154     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-3113-0     Document Type: Article

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