A comparison of cadmium in ecosystems on metalliferous mine tailings in Wales and Ireland

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 157-172

  Milton, A ^a   Cooke, J A ^b   Johnson, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apodemus sylvaticus; Cadmium; Ecotoxicology; Food chains; Invertebrates; Mine tailings

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; MINERALOGY; ORE ANALYSIS; SOILS; TAILINGS; VEGETATION;

FOOD-CHAIN TRANSFER; GROUND-DWELLING INVERTEBRATES; MINE-SOILS;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; LEAD; METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; MINE WASTE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TAILINGS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; IRELAND; KIDNEY; MINERALOGY; MINING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION; WILDLIFE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842740098     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000019940.76065.21     Document Type: Article

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