Cholinesterase activity as a biomarker of pesticide exposure in Allolobophora chlorotica earthworms living in apple orchards under different management strategies

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2644-2649

  Denoyelle, Renaud ^a   Rault, Magali ^a   Mazzia, Christophe ^a   Mascle, Odile ^a   Capowiez, Yvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

Carbamates; Cholinesterase; Earthworm; Management strategy; Organophosphorous

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; ORCHARDS; SOILS;

CHOLINESTERASE (CHE); PESTICIDE EXPOSURE; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY;

PESTICIDES;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBAMIC ACID; CHOLINESTERASE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PESTICIDE;

BIOMARKER; CARBAMATE; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; ORCHARD; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TYPE;

ALLOBOPHORA CHLOROTICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPLE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ORCHARD; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLINESTERASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FRANCE; HEALTH FOOD; MALUS; OLIGOCHAETA; PESTICIDES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

AVIGNON; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; VAUCLUSE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALLOLOBOPHORA CHLOROTICA; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 37149003168     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-355.1     Document Type: Article

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