Transfer of metals to plants and red deer in an old lead mining area in Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 287-297

  Reglero, M M ^a   Monsalve Gonzalez L ^a   Taggart, M A ^a   Mateo, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid drainage; Cervus elaphus; Food chain; Large game; Plant tissue

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LANDFORMS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; METALS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; ZINC;

20TH CENTURY; ACID DRAINAGE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; FOOD CHAIN; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; LARGE GAME; LEAD MINING; PLANT TISSUE; SOUTHERN SPAIN; STREAM SEDIMENTS;

MINING;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEER; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOOD CHAIN; GRASS; LEAD; METAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLACKBERRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; INTOXICATION; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MINING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POACEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; STREAM (RIVER); WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; MINING; PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALCUDIA VALLEY; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; CIUDAD REAL [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA MADRONA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; POACEAE; RUBUS ULMIFOLIUS;

EID: 53049099873     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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