Effects of natural (flooding and drought) and anthropogenic (copper and salinity) stressors on the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa under field conditions

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-163

  Owojori, Olugbenga J ^a   Reinecke, Adriaan J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aporrectodea caliginosa; Copper; Drought; Flooding; Microcosm experiment; Mixture toxicity; Salinity

Indexed keywords

APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; LUMBRICIDAE;

EID: 73149120713     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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