Effects of perchlorate on earthworm (Eisenia fetida) survival and reproductive success

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 363, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 237-244

  Landrum, Mindy ^a   Cañas, Jaclyn E ^a   Coimbatore, Gopal ^a   Cobb, George P ^a   Jackson, William A ^b   Zhang, Baohong ^a   Anderson, Todd A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthworm; Eisenia fetida; Perchlorate; Reproductive toxicology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SOIL TESTING; TOXICITY;

EARTHWORM; EISENIA FETIDA; PERCHLORATE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY;

SOILS;

AMMONIA; PERCHLORATE; SODIUM PERCHLORATE;

EARTHWORM; PERCHLORATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SOIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SAND; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; OLIGOCHAETA; PERCHLORIC ACID; PUPA; REPRODUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 33646769981     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.05.020     Document Type: Article

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