Selected metals in earthworms, lettuce and soil amended with sewage sludge

Earthworms (Lumbricus rubellus, Aporrectodea spp. and Octolasion cyaneum) were kept in soil treated with six application rates of milorganite. After ten days, the earthworms, their faeces and the soil were analyzed for cadmium, copper, lead and zinc. Cadmium and Zn were concentrated in the worm tiss...

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Main Author: Kenney, Elizabeth Anne
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/23956