Arsenic distribution in soils and plants of an arsenic impacted former mining area

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2637-2647

  Otones, V ^a   Alvarez Ayuso E ^a   Garcia Sanchez A ^a   Santa Regina, I ^a   Murciego, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Mining area; Phytostabilisation; Soil pollution; Tolerant plants

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PARTS; ARSENIC POLLUTION; AS CONTENT; BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; MINING AREA; MINING AREAS; NATIVE PLANTS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOSTABILISATION; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT SAMPLES; PLANT SPECIES; POLLUTED SITES; POLLUTING SOURCES; SCIRPUS; TOLERANT PLANTS;

ARSENIC; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; REVEGETATION; SOILS; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; TUNGSTEN;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; REVEGETATION; SOIL POLLUTION; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENISTA; GENISTA SCORPIUS; HIGHER PLANT; MINING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; REVEGETATION; SALIX ATROCINEREA; SCIRPUS HOLOSCHOENUS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; WILLOW;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENISTA; MINING; PLANTS; SALIX; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

GENISTA SCORPIUS; SALIX CINEREA OLEIFOLIA; SCIRPOIDES HOLOSCHOENUS;

EID: 80052315048     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.05.027     Document Type: Article

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