Bioaccumulation of trace elements in a wild grass three years after the Aznalcóllar mine spill (South Spain)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 169-189

  Madejon P ^a,b   Murillo, J M ^a   Maranon T ^a   Cabrera, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cynodon dactylon; Guadiamar river; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CYNODON DACTYLON; MINE SPILL; WILD GRASS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; NONFERROUS METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSITION METALS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; GRASS; SOIL STABILIZATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CYNODON; GRASS; MINING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT TISSUE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLING; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; SPILLAGE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CYNODON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANIMALIA; CYNODON DACTYLON;

EID: 33645836756     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-2523-1     Document Type: Article

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