Application of synchrotron methods to assess the uptake of roadway-derived Zn by earthworms in an urban soil

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 191-195

  Lev, S M ^a   Landa, E R ^b   Szlavecz, K ^c   Casey, R ^a   Snodgrass, J ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Soils; Synchrotron; Urban; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DUST; ECOLOGY; FOOD STORAGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; SYNCHROTRONS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER MANAGEMENT; ZINC;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACKGROUND LEVELS; BIO AVAILABILITIES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; BODY BURDENS; CONCENTRATION RANGES; CONTAMINATED SOILS; EARTHWORMS; FIELD SOILS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MAP DATUMS; RETENTION BASINS; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; STORM WATERS; SYNCHROTRON METHODS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; TERRESTRIAL FOOD WEBS; TOXIC LEVELS; TRACE METALS; URBAN; URBAN LANDSCAPES; URBAN SOILS; WATER RETENTIONS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EARTHWORM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; STORMWATER; TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; ZINC;

LUMBRICUS FRIENDI;

EID: 57249108618     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2008.072.1.191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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