The combined stress effects of salinity and copper on the earthworm Eisenia fetida

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-285

  Owojori, Olugbenga J ^a   Reinecke, Adriaan J ^a   Rozanov, Andrei B ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Copper; Earthworms; Joint effect; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 60549115030     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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