Accumulation of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine by the earthworm Eisenia andrei in a sandy loam soil

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2125-2133

  Sarrazin, Manon ^a   Dodard, Sabine G ^a   Savard, Kathleen ^a   Lachance, Bernard ^a   Robidoux, Pierre Y ^a   Kuperman, Roman G ^b   Hawari, Jalal ^a   Guy, Ampleman ^c   Thiboutot, Sonia ^c   Sunahara, Geoffrey I ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Earthworm; Explosives; Hexahydro 1,3,5 trinitro 1,3,5 triazine; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; CHAIN TRANSFER; CONTAMINATED SITES; EARTHWORM; EISENIA ANDREI; ELIMINATION RATE; ENERGETIC COMPOUNDS; POTENTIAL RISKS; SANDY LOAM SOILS; SOIL CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL CONTAMINANTS; SOIL INVERTEBRATES; SOIL SAMPLE; TIME-DEPENDENT; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS; TISSUE RESIDUE; TOXICOKINETICS;

ACETONITRILE; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RATE CONSTANTS; RISK PERCEPTION; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SOILS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TISSUE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ACETONITRILE; CARBON 14; CYCLONITE;

ADULT; BIOACCUMULATION; EARTHWORM; EXPLOSIVE; FOOD CHAIN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVITY; SANDY LOAM; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL POLLUTION; TRIAZINE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COCOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; EISENIA ANDREI; FOOD CHAIN; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; HALF LIFE TIME; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SANDY LOAM; SOIL AMENDMENT; STEADY STATE; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTS; TRIAZINES;

EISENIA ANDREI; INVERTEBRATA; SASSAFRAS;

EID: 70449822979     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-613.1     Document Type: Article

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