Toxicokinetic studies reveal variability in earthworm pollutant handling

Pedobiologia

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Spurgeon, David J ^a   Lister, Lindsey ^a   Kille, Peter ^b   Pereira, M Gloria ^a   Wright, Julian ^a   Svendsen, Claus ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Body burden; Ecotoxicology; Food chain transfer; Tolerance; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; HEAVY METAL; HETEROGENEITY; METABOLISM; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REACTION KINETICS; TOLERANCE; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 84855453632     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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