Soil contact bioassay for rapid determination of acute toxicity with Eisenia foetida
A rapid bioassay is presented for determining acute toxicity directly in soil. Modifying the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) protocol 207, it uses a thin layer of moistened soil laid directly in the bottom of the bioassay jar into which the earthworms are placed and incu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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Series: | Heliyon |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019367908 |