Short-term pre-exposure increases earthworm tolerance to mercury

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Gudbrandsen, Marius ^a   Sverdrup, Line Emilie ^a,b   Aamodt, Solveig ^a   Stenersen, Jørgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b DNV GL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Earthworm; Glutathione; Internal concentration; LC50; Mercury; Pre exposure

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 36349026636     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2007.08.025     Document Type: Article

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