Occurrence of organic chlorinated pesticides and their ecological effects on soil protozoa in the agricultural soils of North Western Beijing, China

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 123-128

  Shi, Yajuan ^a   Lu, Yonglong ^a   Meng, Fanqiao ^b   Guo, Feifan ^b   Zheng, Xiaoqi ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ciliate; Organic chlorinated pesticides (OCPs); Soil protozoa

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CILIATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WASTE; CHINA; CILIATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIELD STUDY; FLAGELLATE; LAND USE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; ORCHARD; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROTISTAN COMMUNITY; PROTOZOON; SOIL ORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; SURFACE SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; AMOEBA; CHINA; CILIOPHORA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

CILIOPHORA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

EID: 84876974722     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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