Effects of the fungicide benomyl on earthworms in laboratory tests under tropical and temperate conditions

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 590-598

  Römbke, Jörg ^a   Garcia, Marcos V ^b   Scheffczyk, Adam ^a  

^a ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial soil; Fungicide; Laboratory tests; Natural soil; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BENOMYL; CARBENDAZIM; FUNGICIDE;

EARTHWORM; FERN; FUNGICIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL FAUNA; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TOXICITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SOIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; EARTHWORM; EISENIA FOETIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LABORATORY TEST; LC 50; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPICS; WORM;

ANIMALS; BENOMYL; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; LABORATORIES; LETHAL DOSE 50; OLIGOCHAETA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EISENIA FETIDA; FILICOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 35348816991     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0219-8     Document Type: Article

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