The impact of sewage irrigation on the uptake of mercury in corn plants (Zea mays) from suburban Beijing

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 246-251

  Rothenberg, S E ^a,c   Du, X ^a   Zhu, Y G ^a   Jay, J A ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; Sewage irrigation; Translocation

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; HARVESTING; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEWAGE;

CORN PLANTS; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE IRRIGATION; TRANSLOCATION;

IRRIGATION;

MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; EFFLUENT; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAIZE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; ROOT; SEWAGE; SOIL ANALYSIS; TRANSLOCATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAIZE; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEA MAYS;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34547665082     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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