Impact of gut passage and mucus secretion by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris on mobility and speciation of arsenic in contaminated soil

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 197, Issue , 2011, Pages 169-175

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cast; PH; Risk assessment; Ternary complexes; Water soluble organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BULK SOILS; CAST; CONTAMINATED SOILS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; MOBILISATION; SOIL BIOTA; TERNARY COMPLEX; TERNARY COMPLEXES; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON; WATERSOLUBLE;

AMINO ACIDS; ARSENIC; BODY FLUIDS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON OXIDES; LEACHING; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATE;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHWORM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; IRON OXIDE; LEACHING; MOBILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; INTESTINE; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LEACHING; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PH; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; INTESTINES; MUCUS; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 82155162447     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.09.071     Document Type: Article

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