As-resistance in laboratory-reared F1, F2 and F3 generation offspring of the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus inhabiting an As-contaminated mine soil

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3114-3119

  Langdon, C J ^a   Morgan, A J ^b   Charnock, J M ^c,d   Semple, K T ^e   Lowe, C N ^f  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Earthworms; Exposure history; Ligand binding; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; EARTHWORMS; EXAFS; EXPOSURE HISTORY; FIELD POPULATIONS; FIELD SOIL; HIGH ENERGY SYNCHROTRON; LIGAND-BINDING; MINE SOILS; RESISTANCE; SODIUM ARSENATE; XANES;

ARSENIC; BINDING ENERGY; MINES; MINING; SODIUM; SOILS; SULFUR;

LIGANDS;

ARSENATE SODIUM;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EARTHWORM; LABORATORY METHOD; LIGAND; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; REARING;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METAL TOLERANCE; MINING; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ARSENATES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; MALE; MINING; OLIGOCHAETA; REPRODUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS;

EID: 68949207070     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

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