Vermiremediation of heavy metals in wastewater sludge from paper and pulp industry using earthworm Eisenia fetida

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 177-184

  Suthar, Surindra ^a   Sajwan, Poonam ^a   Kumar, Kapil ^a  

^a DOON UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Earthworm; Paper mill; Soil nutrient mineralization; Vermicompost; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

EARTHWORM; HEAVY METAL; MINERALIZATION; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; SLUDGE; SOIL NUTRIENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EISENIA FETIDA; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; VERMIREMEDIATION; WASTE WATER; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; BOVINAE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; OLIGOCHAETA; PH; SEWAGE; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

EISENIA FETIDA;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CATTLE; FECES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; OLIGOCHAETA; SEWAGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84909981116     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.07.030     Document Type: Article

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