Do earthworms impact metal mobility and availability in soil? - A review

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1981-1989

  Sizmur, Tom ^a   Hodson, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Availability; Earthworms; Metals; Mobility

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBONS; EARTHWORMS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; METAL MOBILITIES; METAL SPECIATIONS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MOBILITY; SOIL COMPONENTS; SOIL METALS;

DISSOLUTION; FIRE HAZARDS; ORGANIC CARBON; PH EFFECTS; SOILS;

METALS;

METAL; ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PH; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TYPE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; NONHUMAN; PH; REVIEW; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; OLIGOCHAETA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 67349109187     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.02.029     Document Type: Review

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