Effect of time and mode of depuration on tissue copper concentrations of the earthworms Eisenia andrei, Lumbricus rubellus and Lumbricus terrestris

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-30

  Arnold, R E ^a   Hodson, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depuration; Earthworms; Eisenia fetida; Lumbricus rubellus; Lumbricus terrestris; Metals; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; SOILS; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

DEPURATION; EARTHWORMS; EISENIA FETIDA; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

BIODIVERSITY;

COPPER;

BIOACCUMULATION; DEPURATION; EARTHWORM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TITANIUM; TOXICITY;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EARTHWORM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINING; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EISENIA ANDREI; EISENIA FETIDA; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 34247872911     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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