The use of Collembola avoidance tests to characterize sewage sludges as soil amendments

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1526-1533

  Natal da luz, T ^a   Tidona, S ^a,b   Van Gestel, C A M ^c   Morais, P V ^a,d   Sousa, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Avoidance behavior over time; Folsomia candida; Hazardous sludge characterization; Tiered approach

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROPLATING; ELECTROPLATING SHOPS; HAZARDS; MIXTURES; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOXICITY; YEAST;

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; HAZARDOUS SLUDGE; INCUBATION PERIODS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TIERED APPROACH;

SOILS;

HEAVY METAL;

ARTHROPOD; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COLLEMBOLA AVOIDANCE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; NONHUMAN; SCREENING TEST; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA;

EID: 71749100877     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.09.056     Document Type: Article

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