Mercury methylation, uptake and bioaccumulation by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (Oligochaeta)

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-53

  Rodriguez Alvarez C ^a   Jimenez Moreno M ^a   Guzman Bernardo F J ^a   Rodriguez Martin Doimeadios R C ^a   Berzas Nevado, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b University of Castilla la Mancha (UCLM)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Ecological risk assessment; Mercury; Monomethylmercury; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903822755     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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