Indication of soil heavy metal pollution with earthworms and soil microbial biomass carbon in the vicinity of an abandoned copper mine in Eastern Nanjing, China

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-234

  Wang, Quanying ^a,b   Zhou, Dongmei ^a   Cang, Long ^a,b   Li, Lianzhen ^a,b   Zhu, Haowen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Earthworm; Heavy metals; Soil microbial biomass carbon

Indexed keywords

LUMBRICIDAE; MEGASCOLECIDAE; MONILIGASTRIDAE;

EID: 67349087286     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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