Mercury distribution and speciation in floodplain soils and uptake into native earthworms (Diplocardia spp.)

Geoderma

Volumn 170, Issue , 2012, Pages 261-268

  Han, Fengxiang X ^a,b   Su, Yi ^a   Shi, Zhiqi ^c   Xia, Yunjun ^a   Tian, Wushuang ^a   Philips, Valerie ^a   Monts, David L ^b   Gu, Mengmeng ^d   Liang, Yongchao ^e  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Earthworms; Mercury; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CURRENT STATUS; EARTHWORMS; EAST FORK POPLAR CREEK; ECOTOXICITY; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN SOILS; FOOD SOURCES; KEY COMPONENT; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY DISTRIBUTION; NATIONAL SECURITY; NATURAL FOOD; RESIDUAL FRACTION; SMALL MAMMALS; SPECIATION; TOTAL MERCURIES; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; RIVERS; SILICATES; SOILS;

MERCURY (METAL);

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMARKER; BIRD; CINNABAR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CHAIN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NATIVE SPECIES; SILICATE; SMALL MAMMAL; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL REMEDIATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WATERSHED;

EAST FORK POPLAR CREEK; OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DIPLOCARDIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84155176798     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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