DYNAMICS OF SOIL NEMATODES AND EARTHWORMS IN URBAN VEGETABLE IRRIGATED WITH WASTEWATER IN THE NAIROBI RIVER BASIN, KENYA

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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Main Authors: Nancy Njarua Karanja, G.K. Mutua, F. Ayuke, M. Njenga, G. Prain, J. Kimenju
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2010-08-01
Series:Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
Subjects:
Heavy metal accumulation, earthworms and nematodes, wastewater
Online Access:http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/396

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