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Flooding & Flood plain soil

[ref. ID; 6706]

Post-Katrina flooded soils

Surface soils was sampled from a location in the Chalmette, Saint Bernard Parish (metals and volatile organic compounds).

Test organisms

Oligochaeta: Eisenia fetida
Nematoda: Caenorhabditis elegans

[ref. ID; 6713]

Site

'Afferdensche en Deestsche Waarnden' (ADW), a floodpalin system along the river Rhine, in the central part of the Netherland.

Test organisms

Oligochaeta: Allolobophora chlorotica
Oligochaeta: Aporrectodea caliginosa
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus rubellus

[ref. ID; 6742]

Floodplains site

27 sampling site for the rivers Rhine, Meuse-Rhine and Scheldt.

Test organisms

Oligochaeta: Community

[ref. ID; 6745]

Site

Three sites along the rivers Nieuwe Merwede and Waal. Cattle grazed the sites. The sites are located on gradually sloping riverbands, and are subjected to periodic inundation.

Test organisms

Oligochaeta: Allolobophora chlorotica
Oligochaeta: Aporrectodea caliginosa
Oligochaeta: Lumbricus rubellus

[ref. ID; 6852]

Study site

The Rijswaard and Deel3 are the Afferdensche Deestsche Waarden (ADW) located along the river Waal.

Test organisms

Oligochaeta: Community

[ref. ID; 7027]

Sampling site

The floodplains along the River Waal near Ochten and Gelderse Poort in the Rhine Delta, Netherlands.

Test organisms

Oligochaeta: Lumbricus rubellus (ref. ID; 7027)

[ref. ID; 7161]

Sampling site

Two field sites were selected in the National Park "De Brabantsche Biesbosch" in the Netherlands: Lage Hof (approximately 40 m wide and 100 m long) and Petrus Plaat Oost (approximately 15 m wide and 125 m long).

Test organisms

Oligochaeta: Community