Copper toxicity to bioluminescent nitrosomonas europaea in soil is explained by the free metal ion activity in pore water

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 9201-9206

  Ore, S ^a   Mertens, J ^a   Brandt, K K ^b   Smolders, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SOILS; BIOTIC COMPARTMENTS; COMPETITION MODEL; CONTAMINATED SOILS; COPPER TOXICITY; EUROPAEA; FREE METAL ION; ION ACTIVITIES; METAL SORPTION; METAL TOXICITY; NATIVE SOIL; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; PORE WATERS; SOIL EXTRACTS; SOLID-PHASE; TERRESTRIAL BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; TOXIC SPECIES;

ASSAYS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; EXTRACTION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LIGANDS; METAL IONS; METALS; SOIL MOISTURE; SORPTION; TOXICITY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CALCIUM ION; COPPER ION; HYDROGEN; MAGNESIUM ION; WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CATION; COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LIGAND; NUMERICAL MODEL; POREWATER; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SORPTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SOIL; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER TOXICITY; ECOTOXICITY; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TREATMENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

CATIONS, DIVALENT; COPPER; FRESH WATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA;

EID: 78650280340     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1026294     Document Type: Article

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