The use of biochar to reduce soil PCB bioavailability to Cucurbita pepo and Eisenia fetida

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 437, Issue , 2012, Pages 76-82

  Denyes, MacKenzie J ^a   Langlois, Valérie S ^a   Rutter, Allison ^b   Zeeb, Barbara A ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Biochar; PCB immobilization; Phytoextraction; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Remediation

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; BIOCHAR; CUCURBITA PEPO; EISENIA FETIDA; GREENHOUSE EXPERIMENTS; HUMAN HEALTH; LOW OXYGEN; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PCB CONCENTRATION; PHYTOAVAILABILITY; PHYTOEXTRACTION; PLANT BIOMASS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); SEQUESTERING CARBON; SOIL QUALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; HEALTH RISKS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REMEDIATION; SOILS; TISSUE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOCHAR; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CARBON; DECACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHARCOAL; IMMOBILIZATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CATION EXCHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCURBITA PEPO; EISENIA FETIDA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYTOAVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL QUALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHARCOAL; CUCURBITA; OLIGOCHAETA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CUCURBITA PEPO; EISENIA FETIDA; PEPO;

EID: 84865279739     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.081     Document Type: Article

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