Uptake and bioaccumulation of heavy elements by two earthworm species from a smelter contaminated area in northern Kosovo

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2359-2367

  Nannoni, Francesco ^a   Protano, Giuseppe ^a   Riccobono, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation factor; Dermal uptake; Earthworms; Heavy elements; Intestinal uptake; Kosovo; Soil contamination; Soil fractionation

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; DERMAL UPTAKE; EARTHWORMS; HEAVY ELEMENTS; INTESTINAL UPTAKE; KOSOVO; SOIL CONTAMINATION;

ANTIMONY; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; HEAVY WATER; LEAD; SMELTING; SOILS; TISSUE; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ABSORPTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHWORM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; MINING; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

KOSOVO; SERBIA;

ALLOLOBOPHORA ROSEA; INVERTEBRATA; NICODRILUS CALIGINOSUS;

EID: 80052531893     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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