Short-term responses of two contrasting species of earthworms in an agricultural soil amended with coal fly-ash

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 987-992

  Muir, M A ^a   Yunusa, I A M ^a   Burchett, M D ^a   Lawrie, R ^b   Chan, K Y ^b   Manoharan, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earthworm casts; Extractable phosphorus; Heavy metals; Soil amendment

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PH EFFECTS; SOILS; SOLUBILITY;

BURROWING; EARTHWORM CASTS; EXTRACTABLE PHOSPHORUS; SOIL AMENDMENT;

FLY ASH;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EARTHWORM; FLY ASH; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORTALITY; PH; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL REMEDIATION; SURVIVAL; ZINC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

APORRECTODEA TRAPEZOIDES; MEGASCOLECIDAE;

EID: 33847391619     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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