Toxicities of dinitrotoluenes and trinitrobenzene freshly amended or weathered and aged in a sandy loam soil to Enchytraeus crypticus

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1368-1375

  Kuperman, Roman G ^a   Checkai, Ronald T ^a   Simini, Michael ^a   Phillips, Carlton T ^a   Kolakowski, Jan E ^a   Kurnas, Carl W ^a  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enchytraeid worm; Natural soil; Nitroaromatic explosives; Weathering aging

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOILS; TOXICITY; WEATHERING;

ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ENCHYTRAEID WORM; NATURAL SOIL; NITROAROMATIC EXPLOSIVES;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,6 DINITROTOLUENE; TRINITROBENZENESULFONIC ACID; 2,4-DINITROTOLUENE; 2,6-DINITROTOLUENE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SYM TRINITROBENZENE; SYM-TRINITROBENZENE;

BIOAVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXPLOSIVE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SANDY LOAM; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICITY; ENCHYTRAEUS CRYPTICUS; GREENHOUSE; LOAM SOIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WEATHERING; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; DRUG EFFECT; SOIL; TIME; WEATHER;

ENCHYTRAEIDAE; ENCHYTRAEUS CRYPTICUS; INVERTEBRATA; SASSAFRAS;

ANIMALS; DINITROBENZENES; OLIGOCHAETA; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; TRINITROBENZENES; WEATHER;

EID: 33749078787     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-475R1.1     Document Type: Article

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