Heavy metal contamination from mining sites in South Morocco: 1. Use of a biotest to assess metal toxicity of tailings and soils

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 802-810

  Boularbah, Ali ^a   Schwartz, Christophe ^b   Bitton, Gabriel ^c   Morel, Jean Louis ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES GUÉLIZ   (Morocco)

^b LABORATOIRE SOLS ET ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Heavy metal; MetPAD ; Mining soils; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; PH EFFECTS; TAILINGS; TOXICITY;

METPAD™; MINING SOILS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; SENSITIVE PREDICTIVE TOOL;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL;

ALKALINITY; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; PH EFFECTS; SOIL POLLUTION; TAILINGS; TOXICITY;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL; MINING; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL POLLUTION; TAILINGS; TOXICITY;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; MINING; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; DRUG EFFECT; MOROCCO; PH; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; MOROCCO; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 33745038965     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.07.079     Document Type: Article

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