Exposure and bioavailability of arsenic in contaminated soils from the La Parrilla mine, Spain

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 170-179

  Anawar, H M ^a   Garcia Sanchez, A ^a   Murciego, A ^b   Buyolo, T ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

As uptake by plant; Food chain; Kuhn; Mining activity; Pteridium aquilinum (L.); Toxicity; Unavailability of arsenic

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; SOILS; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY;

AS UPTAKE BY PLANT; FOOD CHAIN; KUHN; MINING ACTIVITY; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM (L.); UNAVAILABILTY OF ARSENIC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BIOAVAILABILITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MINING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL POLLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CACERES; ERICA AUSTRALIS; FILICOPHYTA; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; PHALARIS; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA; SPERGULA ARVENSIS;

EID: 33646468393     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0196-2     Document Type: Article

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