Copper and Zinc in a paddy field and their potential ecological impacts affected by wastewater from a lead/zinc mine, P. R. China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 65-73

  Yang, Qing Wei ^a   Lan, Chong Yu ^b   Shu, Wen Sheng ^b  

^a CHONGQING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Copper and zinc; Mining wastewater; Population exposure; Rice plant; Soils

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COPPER; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOLOGY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HEAVY METALS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTEWATER; ZINC; ZINC MINES;

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; BIO-CHEMICALS; ECOLOGICAL HAZARDS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; FOOD CHAINS; GUANGDONG PROVINCES; METALS IN SOILS; MINING WASTEWATER; ORYZA SATIVA L.; PADDY FIELDS; PADDY SOILS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RICE PLANT; RICE PLANTS;

LEAD;

COPPER; ZINC;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTAMINATED LAND; COPPER; CORRELATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LEAD; MINING; PADDY FIELD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WASTEWATER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD INTAKE; GRAIN; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; RICE; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHINA; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LEAD; MINING; ORYZA SATIVA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG;

ANIMALIA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 56249133039     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0098-0     Document Type: Article

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