The response of soil organism communities to the application of the insecticide lindane in terrestrial model ecosystems

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 339-362

  Scholz Starke, B ^a   Beylich, A ^b   Moser, T ^c   Nikolakis, A ^d   Rumpler, N ^e   Schaffer A ^a   Theissen B ^a   Toschki, A ^e   Ross Nickoll M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute for Applied Soil Biology   (Germany)

^c ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

^d BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

^e Gaiac Forschungsinstitut für Ökosystemanalyse und bewertung E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community NOEC ECx; Dose response; Higher tier risk assessment; Lindane; Soil communities; Terrestrial model ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE INGREDIENT; LINDANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; HCH; INSECTICIDE; MITE; NEMATODE; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; COLLEMBOLA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EUROPEAN UNION; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; METHODOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; ORIBATIDA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ORGANISM; TERRESTRIAL MODEL ECOSYSTEMS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOMASS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; INSECTICIDES; INVERTEBRATES; LINDANE; MITES; NEMATODA; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ACARI; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; FUNGI; NEMATODA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 84878375843     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-1030-0     Document Type: Article

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