Microbial monitoring of the recovery of soil quality during heavy metal phytoremediation

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3249-3262

  Gómez Sagasti, María T ^a   Alkorta, Itziar ^b   Becerril, José M ^b   Epelde, Lur ^a   Anza, Mikel ^a   Garbisu, Carlos ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Phytoextraction; Phytostabilization; Soil contamination; Soil health

Indexed keywords

AS-SOILS; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; CONTEXT DEPENDENT; ECOLOGICAL RELEVANCE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; HEAVY METAL REMEDIATION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; PHYTOEXTRACTION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOSTABILIZATION; POLLUTED SOILS; QUICK RESPONSE; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL HEALTH; SOIL QUALITY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HEAVY METALS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

SOILS;

CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

BIOAVAILABILITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEAVY METAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; PHYTOEXTRACTION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOSTABILIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY;

EID: 84862238656     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1106-8     Document Type: Article

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