Effects of nonylphenol on a soil community using microcosms

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 556-567

  Domene, Xavier ^a,b   Chelinho, Sónia ^b   Sousa, José Paulo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

4 Nonylphenol; Ecotoxicity; Invertebrate community; Microcosms

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HORMONE; MICROCOSM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SURFACTANT; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TOXICITY;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; AVENA SATIVA; CANDIDA; CERATOPHYSELLA DENTICULATA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; ENCHYTRAEUS CRYPTICUS; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; HYPOASPIS ACULEIFER; INVERTEBRATA; PORCELLIONIDES SEXFASCIATUS; PROISOTOMA MINUTA;

EID: 77952322553     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-009-0167-9     Document Type: Article

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