Effect of the heavy metals Cu, Ni, Cd and Zn on the growth and reproduction of epigeic earthworms (E. fetida) during the vermistabilization of municipal sewage sludge

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 915-931

  Domínguez Crespo, Miguel A ^a   Sánchez Hernández, Z Erika ^a   Torres Huerta, Aidé M ^a   Negrete Rodríguez, Ma De La Luz X ^b   Conde Barajas, Eloy ^b   Flores Vela, Abelardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

BAF; E. fetida; Heavy metals; Metal accumulation; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

BAF; COW DUNG; E. FETIDA; EISENIA FETIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPIGEIC EARTHWORMS; GROWTH PERFORMANCE; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; ME-XICO; METAL ACCUMULATION; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE; TREATMENT PROCESS; VERMISTABILIZATION;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; COPPER; EXPERIMENTS; HEAVY METALS; METALS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TEXTILE MILLS; TISSUE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

ADAPTATION; BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; COPPER; EARTHWORM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORTALITY; NICKEL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; COCOON; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EARTHWORM BIOMASS; EISENIA FETIDA; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MANURE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VERMICOMPOST; VERMISTABILIZATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TAMAULIPAS;

EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 84856520742     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0913-7     Document Type: Article

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