Chlorpyrifos causes decreased organic matter decomposition by suppressing earthworm and termite communities in tropical soil

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3041-3047

  De Silva, P Mangala C S ^a,b   Pathiratne, Asoka ^c   Van Straalen, Nico M ^a   Van Gestel, Cornelis A M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Earthworm field test; Litterbag test; Sri Lanka; Termites

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; FIELD TEST; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTERBAGS; ORGANIC MATTER DECOMPOSITION; PERIONYX EXCAVATUS; SPECIFIC EFFECTS; SRI LANKA; STANDARD TESTS; TERMITES; TROPICAL CONDITIONS; TROPICAL SOILS;

ECOLOGY; TESTING; TROPICS;

SOIL TESTING;

CHLORPYRIFOS; ORGANIC MATTER; PESTICIDE; RAIN;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; LITTER; ORGANIC MATTER; PESTICIDE; SOIL BIOTA; TERMITE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ISOPTERA; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKA; TROPICS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHLORPYRIFOS; INSECTICIDES; ISOPTERA; OLIGOCHAETA; RAIN; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

SRI LANKA;

ISOPTERA; MEGASCOLEX; PERIONYX EXCAVATUS;

EID: 77958185367     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.06.032     Document Type: Article

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