Evaluation of post-Katrina flooded soils for contaminants and toxicity to the soil invertebrates Eisenia fetida and Caenorhabditis elegans

Chemosphere

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1857-1864

  Harmon, S M ^a   Wyatt, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Eisenia fetida; Hurricane Katrina; New Orleans; Soil toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CHROMIUM; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EISENIA FETIDA; NEW ORLEANS; SOIL TOXICITY;

SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NITRATE; SULFATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHROMIUM; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; TOXICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EARTHWORM; FLOODING; HEAVY METAL; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; NEMATODE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; EISENIA FOETIDA; FLOODING; HURRICANE; MASS SCREENING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOUISIANA; METALS; NATURAL DISASTERS; OLIGOCHAETA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

CHALMETTE; LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EISENIA FETIDA; EQUUS ASINUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 38649119443     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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