Prediction of methyl mercury uptake by rice plants (Oryza sativa L.) using the diffusive gradient in thin films technique

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 11013-11020

  Liu, Jinling ^a,b   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Qiu, Guangle ^a   Anderson, Christopher W N ^c   Yao, Heng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED SOILS; DIFFUSIVE GRADIENTS; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISKS; GROWING SEASON; METHYL MERCURY; MINING AREAS; ORYZA SATIVA; PADDY RICE; PADDY SOILS; PORE WATERS; PRIMARY PATHWAY; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; RICE PADDY; RICE PLANTS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (METAL); SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; THIN FILMS; WATER;

FORECASTING;

METHYLMERCURY;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DIFFUSION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWING SEASON; METHYLMERCURY; PADDY FIELD; POREWATER; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RICE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIVE GRADIENT; FILM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TISSUE; PREDICTION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RICE; SEASON;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORYZA SATIVA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

CHINA;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84870023788     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302187t     Document Type: Article

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