Ecotoxicity of uranium to Tubifex tubifex worms (Annelida, Clitellata, Tubificidae) exposed to contaminated sediment

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 527-537

  Lagauzère, Sandra ^a   Terrail, Raphaële ^a   Bonzom, Jean Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Autotomy; Burrowing activity; Heavy metals; Hormetic effect; Macroinvertebrates; Malformations; Sediment bioassay; Tubifex tubifex; Uranium

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

ANNELID; AUTOTOMY; BURROWING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; MACROBENTHOS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; URANIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; AUTOTOMY; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECOTOXICITY; MINING; NONHUMAN; REGENERATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MINING; OLIGOCHAETA; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANNELIDA; CLITELLATA; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 54949087065     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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