Biogeochemistry of selenium. A review

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-58

  Sharma, Virender K ^a   McDonald, Thomas J ^a   Sohn, Mary ^b   Anquandah, George A K ^b   Pettine, Maurizio ^c   Zboril, Radek ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^c WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Abiotic reduction; Organic matter; Selenium; Sorption; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SELENIUM;

'CURRENT; ABIOTIC REDUCTION; AMINO ACIDS AND PROTEINS; ELEVATED LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; LIFE-FORMS; METABOLIC FUNCTION; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; SPECIATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 84925507993     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-014-0487-x     Document Type: Review

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