Toxicity of chromium (III) and chromium (VI) to the earthworm Eisenia fetida

S Sivakumar, CV Subbhuraam - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2005 - Elsevier
The effects of Cr (III) and Cr (VI) on the survival, behavior, and morphology of the earthworm,
Eisenia fetida, in water at pH 6, 7, and 8 and their toxicity in 10 different soils and an organic …

Ecotoxicity of chromium (III) to Eisenia fetida, Enchytraeus albidus, and Folsomia candida

K Lock, CR Janssen - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2002 - Elsevier
Despite growing concerns about the potential adverse effects of elevated chromium
concentrations in the environment, only a few terrestrial toxicity data are available …

Toxic responses of metabolites, organelles and gut microorganisms of Eisenia fetida in a soil with chromium contamination

R Tang, X Li, Y Mo, Y Ma, C Ding, J Wang, T Zhang… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
The toxic sensitivity in different physiological levels of chromium (Cr) contaminated soils with
environmentally equivalent concentrations (EEC) was fully unknown. The earthworm …

Genotoxic effects of nickel, trivalent and hexavalent chromium on the Eisenia fetida earthworm

E Bigorgne, C Cossu-Leguille, M Bonnard, J Nahmani - Chemosphere, 2010 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to examine genotoxic effects of nickel (Ni= 105mgkg− 1), trivalent
and hexavalent chromium (Cr= 491mgkg− 1) on the Eisenia fetida earthworm after 2 and 4d …

Toxicity of metals to the earthworm Eisenia fetida

EF Neuhauser, RC Loehr, DL Milligan… - Biology and Fertility of …, 1985 - Springer
Development of methods to measure the effect of man's residuals on soil ecosystems is
desirable. Earthworms, as one of the largest and most easily obtained components of the …

[PDF][PDF] Influence of Temperature on the Toxicity of Zinc to the Earthworm Eisenia fetida

DJ Spurgeon, MA Tomlin… - Bulletin of environmental …, 1997 - collembole.free.fr
MATERIALS AND METHODS The effects of zinc on the survival and cocoon production of
Eisenia fetida were measured at three temperatures 15, 20 and 25 C. All tests were …

Effect of Major Cations and pH on the Acute Toxicity of Cadmium to the Earthworm Eisenia fetida: Implications for the Biotic Ligand Model Approach

LZ Li, DM Zhou, XS Luo, P Wang, QY Wang - Archives of environmental …, 2008 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to characterize the individual effect of different cations (Ca 2+,
Mg 2+, Na+, K+, and H+) on the acute toxicity of Cd to the earthworm Eisenia fetida. Higher …

Progress in earthworm ecotoxicology

BT Lee, KH Shin, JY Kim, KW Kim - Advanced environmental monitoring, 2008 - Springer
Earthworms are regarded as one of the most suitable animals for testing the toxicity of
chemicals in soils and have been adopted as standard organisms for ecotoxicological …

Effects of metals on life cycle parameters of the earthworm Eisenia fetida exposed to field-contaminated, metal-polluted soils

J Nahmani, ME Hodson, S Black - Environmental pollution, 2007 - Elsevier
Two control and eight field-contaminated, metal-polluted soils were inoculated with Eisenia
fetida (Savigny, 1826). Three, 7, 14, 21, 28 and 42 days after inoculation, earthworm …

Comparative toxicity in earthworms Eisenia fetida and Lumbricus terrestris exposed to cadmium nitrate using artificial soil and filter paper protocols

LC Fitzpatrick, AJ Goven, JF Muratti-Ortiz… - Bulletin of environmental …, 1996 - osti.gov
Earthworms are ideal soil organisms for use in terrestrial ecotoxicology. As such, several
earthworm protocols have been developed for testing toxic potential of chemicals and …