Effects of metals on life cycle parameters of the earthworm Eisenia fetida exposed to field-contaminated, metal-polluted soils

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-58

  Nahmani, Johanne ^a   Hodson, Mark E ^a   Black, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Metals; Soil properties; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

COCOON PRODUCTION; EARTHWORMS; MULTI-CONTAMINATED SOILS; SOIL PROPERTIES;

ION EXCHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CADMIUM; CARBON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; METAL; ORGANIC CARBON; SILVER; THALLIUM; ZINC;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; COCOON; EARTHWORM; HATCHING; LIFE CYCLE; METAL; PH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SOIL; BODY WEIGHT; CATION EXCHANGE; COCOON; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EARTHWORM; EISENIA FOETIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HATCHING; LIFE CYCLE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PH; SANDY SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEXTURE; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CADMIUM; GREAT BRITAIN; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; OLIGOCHAETA; REPRODUCTION; SILVER; SOIL POLLUTANTS; THALLIUM; ZINC;

EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 34447561935     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.12.018     Document Type: Article

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