Arsenic speciation in field-collected and laboratory-exposed earthworms Lumbricus terrestris

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1277-1283

  Button, Mark ^a   Moriarty, Maeve M ^a   Watts, Michael J ^b   Zhang, Jun ^a   Koch, Iris ^a   Reimer, Kenneth J ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenobetaine; Biotransformation; Earthworm; Leaf litter

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID SUGAR; MASS SPECTROMETERS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

ARSENOBETAINE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; EARTHWORM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRIES (ICPMS); LEAF LITTER; NATURAL SOIL ENVIRONMENTS; ORGANO-ARSENIC SPECIES; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOBETAINE; CACODYLIC ACID; METHANEARSONIC ACID; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

ARSENIC; BIOTRANSFORMATION; EARTHWORM; GARDEN; GOLD MINE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; LEAF LITTER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION; SYMBIONT; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; EARTHWORM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY; LEAF LITTER; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

CANADA; ENGLAND; NOTTINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED KINGDOM;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84860403073     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.07.026     Document Type: Article

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