Earthworm activity alters geogenic arsenic and soil nutrient dynamics

Pedobiologia

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Le Bayon, Renée Claire ^a   Matera, Virginie ^a   Kohler Milleret, Roxane ^a   Degen, Claudia ^a   Gobat, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aporrectodea giardi; Burrows; Earthworms; Geogenic arsenic; Surface casts

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; BURROW; EARTHWORM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MEADOW; MICROCOSM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

JURA MOUNTAINS;

ANNELIDA; APORRECTODEA GIARDI; BOS;

EID: 84855355638     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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