Biological assessment of contaminated land using earthworm biomarkers in support of chemical analysis

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 330, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 9-20

  Hankard, Peter K ^a   Svendsen, Claus ^a   Wright, Julian ^a   Wienberg, Claire ^a   Fishwick, Samantha K ^b   Spurgeon, David J ^a   Weeks, Jason M ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c WRC PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Contaminated land; Neutral red retention; Risk assessment; Total immune assay

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMPURITIES; LAND USE; METALS; MIXTURES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

EARTHWORMS; NEUTRAL RED RETENTION (NRR-T) ASSAYS; TOTAL IMMUNE ACTIVITY (TIA) ASSAYS;

BIOMARKERS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; METAL; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ZINC; HEAVY METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOASSAY; CONTAMINATED LAND; EARTHWORM; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LYSOSOME; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT;

PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LYSOSOMES; METALS, HEAVY; OLIGOCHAETA; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644338225     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.08.023     Document Type: Article

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