Nematode community structure as bioindicator of soil heavy metal pollution along an urban-rural gradient in southern Shenyang, China

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 297-309

  Li, Qi ^a   Zhong, Shuang ^a   Li, Fengping ^a   Lou, Yilai ^a   Liang, Wenju ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Soil nematodes; Urban rural gradient; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; RURAL AREAS; SOILS;

CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; COPPER CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; NEMATODE COMMUNITIES; SOIL NEMATODE; URBAN-RURAL GRADIENTS; URBANISATION;

URBAN GROWTH;

COPPER; HEAVY METAL;

BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY INDEX; HEAVY METAL; ION EXCHANGE; NEMATODE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RURAL AREA; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CHINA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; LIAONING; SHENYANG;

NEMATODA;

EID: 80055093691     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: 17415101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2011.040276     Document Type: Article

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