Antimony and arsenic uptake by plants in an abandoned mining area

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 1255-1275

  Casado, M ^a   Anawar, H M ^a   Garcia Sanchez, A ^a   Regina, I Santa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimony pollution; Arsenic pollution; Bioavailability; Mine soils; Pasture herbage

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINE; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOREMEDIATION; DETOXIFICATION; FOOD CHAIN; GRASSLAND SOIL; PHYTOTOXICITY;

EID: 34248547185     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620701328412     Document Type: Article

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