Carbofuran effects in soil nematode communities: Using trait and taxonomic based approaches

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2002-2012

  Chelinho, Sónia ^a   Dieter Sautter, Klaus ^c   Cachada, Anabela ^b   Abrantes, Isabel ^a   Brown, George ^d   Costa Duarte, Armando ^b   Sousa, José Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c POSITIVO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Feeding traits; Mediterranean soil; Nematode community; Pesticides; Toxicity; Tropical soil

Indexed keywords

CARBOFURAN;

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBOFURAN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; NEMATODE; TAXONOMY; TOXICITY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; TROPICAL SOIL;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PORTUGAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CARBOFURAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NEMATODA; PESTICIDES; PORTUGAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

NEMATODA;

EID: 84860406976     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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