Lead within ecosystems on metalliferous mine tailings in Wales and Ireland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 299, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 177-190

  Milton, Adrian ^a   Johnson, Michael S ^a   Cooke, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apodemus sylvaticus; Ecotoxicological risk; Food chains; Invertebrates; Lead; Mine tailings

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAILINGS; VEGETATION;

EXPOSURE RISKS;

LEAD;

LEAD;

ABANDONED LAND; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAILINGS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EDEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING; FOOD CHAIN; GRASS; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INVERTEBRATE; IRELAND; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MINING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT LITTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RISK; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EDEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; IRELAND; KIDNEY DISEASES; LEAD; MAMMALS; MINING; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WALES;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; CHORTHIPPUS; CHORTHIPPUS BRUNNEUS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036839913     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00253-X     Document Type: Article

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