Earthworm expulsion by formalin has severe and lasting side effects on soil biota and plants

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 260-266

  Eichinger, Eva ^a   Bruckner, Alexander ^a   Stemmer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Collembola; Earthworms; Extraction; Formaldehyde; Formalin; Method; Microorganisms; Nematodes; PLFA; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BIOMASS; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN; PLANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL RESPIRATION; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL ORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL RESPIRATION; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOMASS; FATTY ACIDS; FORMALDEHYDE; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

COLLEMBOLA; NEMATODA;

EID: 34247569382     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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