Influence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on earthworms Eisenia Fetida

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 21, Issue 3 A, 2012, Pages 748-754

  Stoupalová, Michaela ^a   Beklová, Miroslava ^a   Vávrová, Milada ^a   Štilárková, Edita ^a   Bednářová, Ivana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Bioaccumulation; Contamination; Earthworms; Eisenia fetida; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST; WASTEWATER;

ANIMALIA; EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 84860143649     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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