| dc.contributor.author | Voua Otomo, Patricks | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wahl, Jurie | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maboeta, Mark S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-21T07:13:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-04-21T07:13:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Voua Otomo P. et al. 2013. The enchytraeid reproduction test (ERT): a potentially quick and affordable tool for the assessment of metal contaminated soils in emerging economies. Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology, 91:545-548. [http://link.springer.com/journal/128] | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0007-4861 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1432-0800 (Online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/13710 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The enchytraeid reproduction test (ERT) was
used to assess the ecotoxicity of selected mine tailings and
agricultural soils from South Africa. The mine tailings had
higher cumulative metal concentrations than agricultural
soils. The most contaminated mine tailings significantly
reduced the survival of the oligochaete Enchytraeus doerjesi
whose reproduction was suppressed in all mine waste
substrates. Because it reliably singled out the most contaminated
substrate and was found easy to perform, we
suggest that the ERT could be a quick and affordable tool
for assigning intervention values for soil remediation in
emerging economies such as South Africa. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://link.springer.com/journal/128 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Springer Verlag | en_US |
| dc.subject | Metal contamination | en_US |
| dc.subject | oligochaetes | en_US |
| dc.subject | survival | en_US |
| dc.subject | reproduction | en_US |
| dc.title | The enchytraeid reproduction test (ERT): a potentially quick and affordable tool for the assessment of metal contaminated soils in emerging economies | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.contributor.researchID | 12407216 - Maboeta, Mark Steve | |
