In situ bioassay with Eisenia andrei to assess soil toxicity in an abandoned uranium mine

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 620-631

  Antunes, S C ^a   Castro, B B ^a   Nunes, B ^a,b   Pereira, R ^a   Goncalves F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b CIAGEB Centro de Investigação em Alterações Globais   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abandoned uranium mine; Eisenia andrei; In situ soil bioassay; Metal bioaccumulation; Oxidative stress biomarkers

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; METAL; RAIN; URANIUM;

ABANDONED MINE; ANNELID; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; EARTHWORM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRRIGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DILUTION; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM; EFFLUENT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LABORATORY TEST; MINING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY BURDEN; ECOLOGY; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; MINING; OLIGOCHAETA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM;

EISENIA ANDREI;

EID: 53049084180     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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