Cadmium speciation and accumulation in periphyton in a small stream with dynamic concentration variations

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 641-648

  Bradac, Philippe ^a,b   Wagner, Bettina ^a   Kistler, David ^a   Traber, Jacqueline ^a   Behra, Renata ^a   Sigg, Laura ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Metal accumulation; Natural waters; Periphyton; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CD ACCUMULATION; CD CONCENTRATIONS; CONCENTRATION VARIATION; DIFFUSION GRADIENTS; DYNAMIC VARIATIONS; FIELD CONDITIONS; FULVIC ACIDS; IN-SITU; METAL ACCUMULATION; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; NATURAL WATERS; PERIPHYTON; PERIPHYTONS; RAIN EVENTS; SMALL STREAMS;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DISSOLUTION; HYDRAULICS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ORGANIC ACIDS; RAIN; WATER CONTENT; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; FULVIC ACID; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; RAIN; WATER; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED LOAD; FULVIC ACID; HEAVY METAL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MANGANESE; PERIPHYTON; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STREAMWATER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FILM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERIPHYTON; STREAM (RIVER); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALGAE; BIOMASS; CADMIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; METALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 74149085549     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.10.031     Document Type: Article

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