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Published online 1 March 2006
Published in J Environ Qual 35:558-567 (2006)
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0107
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Influence of Soil Properties and Aging on the Toxicity of Copper on Compost Worm and Barley

Catherine M. Daousta, Christian Bastienb and Louise Deschênesa,c,*

a CIRAIG: Interuniversity Reference Center for the Life Cycle Assessment, Interpretation and Management of Products, Processes and Services, 2500 ch. Polytechnique, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3A7, Canada
b CEAEQ: Centre d'Expertise en Analyse Environnementale du Québec, Ministère de l'Environnement du Québec, 2700, Einstein, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, G1P 3W8, Canada
c NSERC Industrial Chair in Site Remediation, Chemical Engineering Department, École Polytechnique de Montréal, 2500 ch. Polytechnique, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3A7, Canada


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  		Fig. 1. Toxic effects of copper on barley shoot (black bars) and root (white bars) growth inhibition and compost worm mortality (striped bars).

 

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  		Fig. 2. Ecotoxic response of soils contaminated with copper before aging (t = 0 wk) (black bars) and after aging (t = 16 wk) (white bars), * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01. (A) Inhibition of barley shoot elongation, (B) inhibition of barley root elongation, (C) mortality of compost worm.

 

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  		Fig. 3. Evolution of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration over time.

 




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