Title of article
Agar as a medium for removing soil from earthworm guts
Author/Authors
Andrei D. Pokarzhevskii، نويسنده , , Andrei D. and Van Straalen، نويسنده , , Nico M. and Semenov، نويسنده , , Alexander M.، نويسنده ,
Pages
3
From page
1315
To page
1317
Abstract
Earthworms were kept on a water–agar gel for 96 h at 20°C, after that time all soil had been voided from their guts. Earthworms treated in this way may be used for soil-free chemical analysis, as required in biomonitoring programmes for soil contamination.
Keywords
Lumbricidae , Biomonitoring , Soil invertebrates , Earthworm guts , Soil removal
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
1992501
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