In situ heavy metal accumulation in lettuce growing near a former mining waste disposal area: Implications for agricultural management

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 208, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 377-383

  Conesa, Héctor M ^a,c   Pérez Chacón, Jose A ^a   Arnaldos, Raquel ^a   Moreno Caselles, Joaquín ^b   Faz Cano, Ángel ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biofortification; Lettuce; Metals; Mine tailings

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CAPPING LAYER; DISPOSAL AREAS; FOOD SAFETY; FRESH WEIGHT; HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION; HUMAN HEALTH; IN-SITU; LETTUCE; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL UPTAKE; MINE TAILINGS; MINING WASTE; OPTIMAL CONTENT; PB CONCENTRATION; REHABILITATION WORKS; SAMPLING DESIGN; SOIL SAMPLE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CROPS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; METALS; MINING; POLLUTION; SOILS; SOLID WASTES; TAILINGS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL; ZINC;

TAILINGS DISPOSAL;

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ACCUMULATION RATE; AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PLANT; FOOD SAFETY; HARVESTING; HEAVY METAL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROFILE; TAILINGS; TRACE ELEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LETTUCE; MINE TAILINGS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LACTUCA;

EID: 77951768464     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0173-y     Document Type: Article

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