Risk-based ecological soil quality criteria for the characterization of contaminated soils. Combination of chemical and biological tools

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 366, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 466-484

  Fernández, María Dolores ^a   Vega, María Milagrosa ^b   Tarazona, José Vicente ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b ERA Consult   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contaminated soils; Ecosystem protection; Environmental receptors; Generic Soil Quality standards; Soil quality criteria

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATERS; TOXICITY;

CONTAMINATED SOILS; ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RECEPTORS; GENERIC SOIL QUALITY STANDARDS (GSQ); SOIL QUALITY CRITERIA;

SOIL MECHANICS;

WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; STANDARD (REFERENCE); TOXICITY; VERTEBRATE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BRASSICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; FOREST SOIL; LEACHING; METHODOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED CLOVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE WATERS; URBAN AREA; VERTEBRATE; WHEAT;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GUIDELINES; OLIGOCHAETA; PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; TOXICITY TESTS; VERTEBRATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746018688     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.01.013     Document Type: Article

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