Zinc toxicity to nitrification in soil and soilless culture can be predicted with the same biotic ligand model

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2992-2997

  Mertens, Jelle ^a   Degryse, Fien ^a   Springael, Dirk ^a   Smolders, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PH EFFECTS; TOXICITY; ZINC;

BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; FREUNDLICH-TYPE MODEL; IONIC COMPOSITION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CALCIUM; HYDROGEN; LIGAND; MAGNESIUM; ZINC; ZINC CHLORIDE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PH EFFECTS; SOIL SURVEYS; TOXICITY; ZINC;

LIGAND; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; POREWATER; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICITY; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LIGAND BINDING; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; PH; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROPONICS; LIGANDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRITES; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

NITROSOSPIRA SP.;

EID: 34247275315     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061995+     Document Type: Article

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