BIOCONCENTRATION OF HEAVY METALS IN VERMICOMPOSTING EARTHWORMS (Eisenia fetida, Perionyx excavatus and Lampito mauritii) IN NEPAL

BIOCONCENTRATION OF HEAVY METALS IN VERMICOMPOSTING EARTHWORMS (Eisenia fetida, Perionyx excavatus and Lampito mauritii) IN NEPAL

Vermicomposting of organic waste can play an important part during the waste management process in larger cities such as Kathmandu where 70% of the waste generated is organic. In this study, the possibility of heavy metal (Pb, Cd, Cu and Cr) bioaccumulation by three different species of earthworms E...

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Main Authors: Raju Panday, Buddha Bahadur Basnet, Padam Shekhar Bhatt, Anand Shova Tamrakar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovak University of Agriculture 2014-04-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences
Subjects:
Bioconcentration factor
Eisenia fetida
heavy metals
Lampito mauritii
Perionyx excavates
vermicompost
Online Access:http://www.jmbfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/jmbfs_0402_panday.pdf

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