Mercury fractionation, bioavailability, and ecotoxicity in highly contaminated soils from chlor-alkali plants

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1138-1147

  Zagury, Gerald J ^a   Neculita, Carmen Mihaela ^a   Bastien, Christian ^b   Deschênes, Louise ^c  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

^c Université Laval   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barley; Bioconcentration factors; Earthworms; Hg ecotoxicity; Hg fractionation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROPS; ECOLOGY; FRACTIONATION; MICROORGANISMS; SOILS; TOXICITY;

BIOCONCENTRATION FACTORS; EARTHWORMS; HG ECOTOXICITY; HG FRACTIONATION;

MERCURY (METAL);

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; WATER; ALKALI;

BARLEY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRACTIONATION; GERMINATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MORTALITY; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EISENIA ANDREI; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; GAS; GERMINATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILITY; TISSUE LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED;

BARLEY; ECOLOGY; TOXICITY;

EISENIA ANDREI; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE;

ALKALIES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CHLORINE; ECOLOGY; GERMINATION; HORDEUM; MERCURY; OLIGOCHAETA; SEEDS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 33746913919     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-302R.1     Document Type: Article

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