Ancient manuring practices pollute arable soils at the St Kilda World Heritage Site, Scottish North Atlantic

Chemosphere

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1818-1828

  Meharg, Andrew A ^a   Deacon, Clare ^a   Edwards, Kevin J ^a   Donaldson, Margaret ^b   Davidson, Donald A ^c   Spring, Christian ^c   Scrimgeour, Charles M ^d   Feldmann, Jörg ^a   Rabb, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

As; Cu; Pb; Peat ash; Plaggen soils; Seabirds; Zn

Indexed keywords

PEAT ASH; PLAGGEN SOILS; SEABIRDS;

ARSENIC; COPPER; FERTILIZERS; LEAD; MANURES; POPULATION STATISTICS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; COPPER; LEAD; ZINC;

ARSENIC; COPPER; FERTILIZERS; LEAD; MANURES; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOIL POLLUTION; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARABLE LAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANURE; SEABIRD; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; STREAM; WASTE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; FERTILIZATION; GEOGRAPHY; MANURE; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLLUTION; SEABIRD; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE;

ANIMALS; CARBON; HUMANS; LEAD; MANURE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SCOTLAND; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; COPPER; FERTILIZATION; LEAD; MANURE; SOIL; ZINC;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAROE ISLANDS; HIRTA; SAINT KILDA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN ISLES;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 33746659061     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.01.076     Document Type: Article

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