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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Microchaetus sp.

[ref. ID; 4437]

Test system

Field tests (in Nieuwoudtville in the Northern Cape, south Africa)

Toxicants

Copper oxycloride

Test design/concentrations

Control plots and exposure plots (4.25 g/l).

Measurements/observations

Number of earthworms, biomass, neutral red retention times of the coelomocytes, copper concentration in earthworm body tissues.