Are laboratory derived toxicity results informative for field situations? Case study on earthworm populations contaminated with heavy metals

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-255

  Klok, Chris ^a   Thissen, Jac ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Field inventory; Population dynamics; Predation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HEAVY METALS; LABORATORIES; ONLINE SEARCHING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TESTING;

BIOTIC CONDITIONS; CASE STUDIES; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; FIELD INVENTORY; FIELD SITUATIONS; IN FIELDS; LABORATORY TESTS; LIFE STAGES; LOWER DENSITIES; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; POLLUTED SITES; POPULATION DENSITIES; POPULATION GROWTH RATES; PREDATION; REFERENCE FIELDS; REFERENCE SITES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL; LABORATORY METHOD; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES INVENTORY;

AVES;

EID: 58149496355     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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