Organism-induced accumulation of iron, zinc and arsenic in wetland soils

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Doyle, Melanie O ^a   Otte, Marinus L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Arenicola marina; Arsenic; Atriplex portulacoides; Iron; Lugworm burrow; Rhizosphere; Salt marsh; Spartina townsendii; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; IRON; ZINC;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; ESTUARY; INVERTEBRATE; OXIDATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT;

ACCUMULATION; ARSENIC; IRON; SALTMARSH; SOIL; ZINC;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ARENICOLA MARINA; ATRIPLEX PORTULACOIDES; INVERTEBRATA; POACEAE; POLYCHAETA; SPARTINA X TOWNSENDII;

EID: 0030619849     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00014-6     Document Type: Article

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