Do elevated soil concentrations of metals affect the diversity and activity of soil invertebrates in the long-term?

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-46

  Creamer, R E ^a,c   Rimmer, D L ^a   Black, H I J ^b,d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Litterbags; Metals; Sewage sludge; Soil; Soil invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COPPER; CROP PRODUCTION; DIVERSITY INDEX; EARTHWORM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NEMATODE; NICKEL; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZINC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ENCHYTRAEIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 39749115121     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2007.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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