Effect of heavy metals on earthworm activities during vermicomposting of municipal solid waste

Water Environment Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-161

  Kumar, Sunil ^a   Sharma, Vishal ^a   Bhoyar, R V ^a   Bhattacharyya, J K ^a   Chakrabarti, Tapan ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Absorption; Biomass; Castings; Cocoons; Contaminants; Earthworms

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; SOILS; SUBSTRATES;

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; COCOON; EARTHWORM; EARTHWORM ACTIVITIES; EARTHWORM SPECIES; FREEFORMS; ITS APPLICATIONS; SOIL AMENDMENT; TOXIC METALS; VERMI-COMPOSTING;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOACTIVITY; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHWORM; HEAVY METAL; LABORATORY METHOD; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; EARTHWORM; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE; VERMICOMPOST; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; BIOMASS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CADMIUM; COPPER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; OLIGOCHAETA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 43149086392     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1554-7531.2008.tb00339.x     Document Type: Article

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