Application of bioassays to evaluate a copper contaminated soil before and after a pilot-scale electrokinetic remediation

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 410-416

  Wang, Quan Ying ^a,b   Zhou, Dong Mei ^a   Cang, Long ^a,b   Sun, Tian Ran ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Contaminated soil; Copper; Electrokinetic remediation

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; BIOLOGICAL ASSAYS; CONTAMINATED SOIL; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CU CONCENTRATIONS; ECOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTROKINETIC REMEDIATION; ELECTROKINETIC REMEDIATIONS; ELECTROKINETIC TREATMENTS; HUMAN RISKS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL COLUMNS; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBONS; SOIL RESPIRATIONS; SOIL UREASES;

BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; COPPER; ELECTRODYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

COPPER; UREASE;

BIOASSAY; COPPER; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTROKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; EARTHWORM; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; GERMINATION; OLIGOCHAETA; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UREASE;

EID: 57049170779     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.09.036     Document Type: Article

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