Microbial transformation of trace elements in soils in relation to bioavailability and remediation

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 225, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-56

  Bolan, Nanthi S ^a,b   Choppala, Girish ^a,b   Kunhikrishnan, Anitha ^c   Park, Jinhee ^d   Naidu, Ravi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b University of South Australia and CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment   (Australia)

^c Rural National Academy of Agricultural Science   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOAVAILABILITY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84876588510     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6470-9_1     Document Type: Article

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