Toxicity of organoclays to microbial processes and earthworm survival in soils

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 261, Issue , 2013, Pages 793-800

  Sarkar, Binoy ^a,b   Megharaj, Mallavarapu ^a,b   Shanmuganathan, Devarajan ^a,b   Naidu, Ravi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Organoclays; Quaternary ammonium compounds; Soil microbially mediated processes; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BENTONITE; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION; TOXICITY;

DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; EARTHWORMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HEXADECYLTRIMETHYL AMMONIUMS; MODIFIED BENTONITES; ORGANOCLAYS; POTENTIAL NITRIFICATION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUND;

ORGANOCLAY;

BENTONITE; CETRIMIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

BENTONITE; BODY MASS; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; ORGANOCLAY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST; VIGOR; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BODY WEIGHT; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EISENIA FETIDA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROCOSM; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOCLAY; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; EARTHWORM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OLIGOCHAETA; ORGANOCLAYS; SOIL MICROBIALLY MEDIATED PROCESSES; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA;

EARTHWORMS; ORGANOCLAYS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL MICROBIALLY MEDIATED PROCESSES; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BENTONITE; NITRIFICATION; OLIGOCHAETA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84886250045     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.11.061     Document Type: Article

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