Colonization of PAH-contaminated dredged sediment by earthworms

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 216-225

  Eijsackers, H ^a,b   Bruggeman, J ^a   Harmsen, J ^b   de Kort, Th ^a   Schakel, A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonization; Deposited sediment; Earthworms; Eco engineering; PAHs; Succession

Indexed keywords

ALLOLOBOPHORA ROSEA; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; EISENIELLA; LUMBRICUS CASTANEUS;

EID: 70349782228     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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