Validation of avoidance assays for the screening assessment of soils under different anthropogenic disturbances

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 661-670

  Sousa, A ^a   Pereira, R ^a   Antunes, S C ^a   Cachada, A ^a   Pereira, E ^a   Duarte, A C ^a   Goncalves F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Avoidance assay; Eisenia andrei; Environmental contaminant mixtures; Metals; Pesticides; Soils

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METAL DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC MATTER; PESTICIDE;

ANTAGONISM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ORGANIC MATTER; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SYNERGISM; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; EARTHWORM; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SCREENING TEST; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ECOSYSTEM; METALS; OLIGOCHAETA; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EISENIA ANDREI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 53049090347     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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