Mercury localization and speciation in plants grown hydroponically or in a natural environment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3082-3090

  Carrasco Gil, Sandra ^a,b   Siebner, Hagar ^c,f   Leduc, Danika L ^d   Webb, Samuel M ^e   Millán, Rocío ^b   Andrews, Joy C ^d,e   Hernández, Luis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^f BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY FLUORESCENCES; TOLERANCE MECHANISMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

MERCURY; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALFALFA; BIOACCUMULATION; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPONICS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METABOLISM; OPTIMIZATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; PROTEIN; ROOT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STEM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPONICS; MARRUBIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STEM BORER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROPONICS; MARRUBIUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MERCURY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANT ROOTS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

ALMADENEJOS; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; CIUDAD REAL [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; SPAIN;

MARRUBIUM VULGARE; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84875763601     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303310t     Document Type: Article

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