Arsenic levels in the soils and macrophytes of the 'Entremuros' after the Aznalcóllar mine spill

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-138

  Taggart, M A ^a   Carlisle, M ^a   Pain, D J ^b   Williams, R ^b   Green, D ^a   Osborn, D ^c   Meharg, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Aznalc llar; Entremuros; Scirpus; Typha

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ECOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PARKS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SAMPLING; SOILS; TOXICITY;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENTREMUROUS; SCIRPUS; TYPHA;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; PYRITE;

ARSENIC; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MACROPHYTE; SOIL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; LAGOON; MACROPHYTE; MINING; NONHUMAN; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; RHIZOME; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; ACCIDENT; ALGA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPAIN;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; SCHOENOPLECTUS MARITIMUS; SCIRPUS; TYPHA; TYPHA DOMINGUENSIS;

ACCIDENTS; ALGAE; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MINING; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN;

EID: 16644393045     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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