Ecotoxicological assessment of the impact of residual heavy metals on soil nematodes in the Guadiamar River Basin (southern Spain)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 245-262

  Sánchez Moreno, Sara ^a,b,c   Camargo, Julio A ^a   Navas, Alfonso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicological assessment; Environmental impact; Guadiamar river basin; Heavy metals; Soil nematodes

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; SOIL NEMATODES; TOXICITY BIOASSAYS;

BIOASSAY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

BIOLOGY;

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOASSAY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; NEMATODE; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER BASIN; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINING; NEMATODE; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; SAMPLING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; SPILLAGE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; METALS, HEAVY; NEMATODA; RIVERS; SOIL; SPAIN; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIAMAR RIVER; SEVILLA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

APHELENCHUS AVENAE; CEPHALOBUS PERSEGNIS; NEMATODA;

EID: 33745147276     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-7398-7     Document Type: Article

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