Arsenic species in ecosystems affected by arsenic-rich spring water near an abandoned mine in Korea

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3495-3501

  Kim, Y T ^a,b   Yoon, H O ^b   Yoon, C ^b   Woo, N C ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bioaccumulation; Sorption; Speciation; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC LEVELS; ARSENIC SPECIES; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; EXCHANGEABLE FRACTION; FIELD STUDIES; HYDROPONIC EXPERIMENTS; ORGANIC SPECIES; SPECIATION; SPECIATION TRANSFORMATION; SPRING WATER; STREAM SEDIMENTS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ABANDONED MINES; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; MINING; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SORPTION;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC;

ABANDONED MINE; ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD SURVEY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROPONICS; LABORATORY METHOD; PLANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SPRING WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MINING; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SOUTH KOREA; STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARSENICALS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MINING; NATURAL SPRINGS; PLANTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; WATER POLLUTANTS;

KOREA;

OENANTHE CROCATA; THUNBERGIA;

EID: 74249123379     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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