Mercury, cadmium and lead concentrations in different ecophysiological groups of earthworms in forest soils

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1304-1313

  Ernst, Gregor ^a   Zimmermann, Stefan ^a   Christie, Peter ^b   Frey, Beat ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Cd; Earthworms; Ecophysiological group; Feeding behaviour; Heavy metals; Hg; Pb

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SOILS;

CD; EARTHWORMS; ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL GROUP; HG; PB;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHWORM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOREST SOIL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOREST SOIL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; OLIGOCHAETA; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

DENDRODRILUS RUBIDUS; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; OCTOLASION CYANEUM;

EID: 55649107674     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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