Use of hydrophilic polymers from diapers to aid the establishment of Spergularia purpurea in a mine soil

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 178, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 956-962

  Qu, G ^a,b   de Varennes, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Enzymatic activities; Hydrophilic polymers; Mine soils; Plant cover; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; ACID PHOSPHATASE; AMENDED SOIL; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; FIBROUS MATERIAL; GLUCOSIDASE; GREAT DEPTH; HYDROPHILIC POLYMERS; IN-PLANTS; LEACHATES; MINE SOILS; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMER PARTICLES; PYRITE MINE; SANDY SOILS; SOIL COLUMN; SUBSTRATE-INDUCED RESPIRATIONS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; FILLED POLYMERS; HYDROPHILICITY; LEACHING; MINING; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SOILS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

POLYMERS;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CELLULASE; COPPER; ORGANIC MATTER; PLASTIC; POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYMER; PROTEINASE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEACHATE; LEACHING; LYSIMETER; PHOSPHATASE; PLANT; POLYMER; PYRITE; SANDY SOIL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; DIAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROPHILICITY; LEACHING; MINING; SANDY SOIL; SHOOT; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL TREATMENT;

BIOMASS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; COPPER; DIAPERS, INFANT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MINING; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT SHOOTS; POLYMERS; SEEDS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLUBILITY; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE; WATER SUPPLY;

SPERGULARIA PURPUREA;

EID: 77951498764     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.02.031     Document Type: Article

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