Enchytraeus albidus

Lock, K. and Janssen, C.R. (2001) Test designs to assess the influence of soil characteristics on the toxicity of copper and lead to the oligochaete Enchytraeus albidus. Ecotoxicology, 10, 137-144. 

Lock, K., Janssen, C.R. and de Coen, W.M. (2000) Multivariate test designs to asses the influence of zinc and cadmium bioavailability in soils on the toxicity to Enchytraeus albidus. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 19, 2666 - 2671. 

Test organism Enchytraeus albidus, Enchytraeus sp. (pot worm). Principle/Procedure Determination of the effect on reproduction of enchy-treids exposed to potentially contaminated soil. 

The effects of nitramine EM on soil invertebrates are summarized in Table 3.3. Studies with RDX or HMX showed no adverse effect on survival of adult earthworms Eisenia fetida Savigny up to 500 mg kg-1 in artificial soil or in natural soils [41,42], Survival of adult E. andrei Bouche was unaffected up to 756 mg kg1 RDX in artificial soil in a study by Robidoux et al. [43], These authors [43] observed significant adverse effects of RDX on the reproduction (productivity of hatched cocoons and juveniles number of juveniles per hatched cocoon) at 189 mg kg-1 and on production of juveniles (total number, mass, and number per cocoon) at 95 mg kg1. Schafer and Achazi [44] reported no effects on mortality and reproduction of enchytraeid worm (potworm) Enchytraeus albidus Henle and collembola Folsomia Candida Willem... 

Dodard SG et al., Lethal and subchronic effects of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) on Enchytraeus albidus in spiked artificial soil, Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf, 54, 131, 2003. 

Dodard SG, Powlowski J, and Sunahara GI, Biotransformation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) by enchytraeids (Enchytraeus albidus) in vivo and in vitro, Environ. Poll., 131, 263, 2004. 

Lock, K., K.A. De Schamphelaere, S. Becaus, et al. 2006. Development and validation of an acute biotic ligand model (BLM) predicting cobalt toxicity in soil to the potworm Enchytraeus albidus. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38 1924—1932. 

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