Assessment of long-term wastewater irrigation impacts on the soil geochemical properties and the bioaccumulation of heavy metals to the agricultural products

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4857-4870

  Christou, Anastasis ^a   Eliadou, Elena ^b   Michael, Costas ^b   Hapeshi, Evroula ^b   Fatta Kassinos, Despo ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Forage crops; Heavy metal; Orange; Public health; Wastewater irrigation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CITRUS FRUITS; COPPER; CROPS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; IRRIGATION; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ORCHARDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEWAGE; SOILS; SURVEYS;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FORAGE CROPS; GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ORANGE; RAIN FED AGRICULTURE; WASTEWATER IRRIGATION;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLORINE; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOACCUMULATION; CROP PLANT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FORAGE; FRUIT; HEAVY METAL; IRRIGATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALINIZATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SUBURBAN AREA; WASTEWATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLOVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; CYPRUS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORAGE CROP; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; ORCHARD; PHYTOAVAILABILITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SALINITY; SEWAGE; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

CYPRUS;

LOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM;

AGRICULTURE; CYPRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84904014197     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3743-4     Document Type: Article

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