DYNAMICS OF SOIL NEMATODES AND EARTHWORMS IN URBAN VEGETABLE IRRIGATED WITH WASTEWATER IN THE NAIROBI RIVER BASIN, KENYA
The effects of heavy metals lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd) and Cromium (Cr) on nematode communities and earthworm density and biomass were studied in the wastewater irrigated farms of the Nairobi river basin. The levels of Cr and Pb in the wastewater were below the threshold values considered to be toxic w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
2010-08-01
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| Series: | Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/396 |