Impact of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (L.) on As, Cu, Pb and Zn mobility and speciation in contaminated soils

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 742-748

  Sizmur, Tom ^a   Palumbo Roe, Barbara ^b   Watts, Michael J ^b   Hodson, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Availability; Cast; Earthworm; Metal; Mobility

Indexed keywords

CAST; CONTAMINATED SOILS; EARTHWORM; EARTHWORM CASTS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; MOBILISATION; MOBILITY; PORE WATERS; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL PH;

LEACHING; LEAD; METALS; ORGANIC CARBON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; WATER; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; COPPER; LEAD; ORGANIC CARBON; ZINC;

ARSENIC; COPPER; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LEAD; MOBILITY; POREWATER; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; EARTHWORM; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL PH; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; METALS, HEAVY; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 78751566533     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.11.033     Document Type: Article

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