The effects of repeated planting, planting density, and specific transfer pathways on PCB uptake by Cucurbita pepo grown in field conditions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 405, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 14-25

  Whitfield Åslund, Melissa L ^a   Rutter, Allison ^b   Reimer, Kenneth J ^a   Zeeb, Barbara A ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation factors (BAFs); Field study; Phytoextraction; Phytoremediation; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Uptake pathway

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOILS;

AROCLORS; BIOACCUMULATION FACTORS; BIOACCUMULATION FACTORS (BAFS); CUCURBITA PEPO; FIELD INVESTIGATIONS; FIELD STUDY; IN-FIELD; IN-SITU; PHYTOEXTRACTION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANTING DENSITIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS); PREVIOUS YEAR; TOTAL BIOMASS; TRANSFER PATHWAYS; UPTAKE PATHWAY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AROCLOR 1254; AROCLOR 1260; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DICOTYLEDON; FIELDWORK; FOOD CHAIN; PCB; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; ROOT SYSTEM; STEM; TRANSLOCATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PLANTING DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMPKIN; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SQUASH; VOLATILIZATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CUCURBITA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

CUCURBITA PEPO; PEPO;

EID: 52949135900     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.07.066     Document Type: Article

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