Oribatid mites in soil toxicity testing - The use of Oppia nitens (C.L. KOCH) as a new test species

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 971-979

  Princz, Juliska I ^a,c   Behan Pelletier, Valerie M ^b   Scroggins, Richard P ^c   Siciliano, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boric acid; Oppia nitens; Oribatid mite; Soil; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BORIDE COATINGS; INORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM; SOILS; TESTING; TOXICITY;

A-COEFFICIENT; BORIC ACIDS; EURASIA; FOREST SOILS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PEAT MOSS; REPRODUCTION TESTS; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; SOIL FACTORS; SOIL INVERTEBRATES; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL TESTS; SOIL TOXICITY; SOIL TYPES; TEST DESIGNS;

SOIL TESTING;

AMMONIA; BORIC ACID; CARBON; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BORATE; MITE; REPRODUCTION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LETHALITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SAND; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; SPHAGNUM; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CANADA; EURASIA;

ACARI; BRYOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; OPPIA NITENS; ORIBATIDA; SPHAGNUM;

ANIMALS; MITES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REPRODUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77951043723     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.98     Document Type: Article

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