An evaluation of the bioavailability and bioaccumulation of selected metals occurring in a wetland area on the volcanic island of Guam, Western Pacific Ocean

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1547-1551

  Wilson, Bob ^a   Pyatt, Brian ^a   Denton, Gary ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

accumulation factor; bioaccumulation; bioavailability; Guam; heavy metals; sequential extraction

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION FACTOR; AEROBIC CONDITION; BIOAVAILABILITY; GUAM; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LEAF TISSUES; METAL ACCUMULATION; PLANT SPECIES; PLANT TISSUES; SELECTED METALS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION SCHEME; SOIL PH; SOIL TYPES; THREE-STEP SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; VOLCANIC DEPOSITS; VOLCANIC ISLANDS; WESTERN PACIFIC; WETLAND AREA;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMIUM; EXTRACTION; HEAVY METALS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; RESEARCH; SMELTING; SOILS; VOLCANOES; WETLANDS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; HEAVY METAL; OXIC CONDITIONS; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; GUAM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PANDANACEAE; SOIL POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GUAM; METALS, HEAVY; PANDANACEAE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WETLANDS;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

PANDANUS TECTORIUS;

EID: 70449093359     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62453-5     Document Type: Article

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