Multi-scale assessment of metal contamination in residential soil and soil fauna: A case study in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan region, USA

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 7-17

  Pouyat, R V ^a   Szlavecz, K ^b   Yesilonis, I D ^c   Wong, C P ^d   Murawski, L ^d   Marra, P ^e   Casey, R E ^f   Lev, S ^f  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Heavy metals; Isopods; Soil; Urban; Urbanization gradient

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; HEAVY METALS; HOUSING; LAND USE; RURAL AREAS; SOILS;

DISTRIBUTION OF METAL; EARTHWORMS; ISOPODS; METROPOLITAN REGIONS; RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES; SOIL METAL CONCENTRATIONS; URBAN; URBANIZATION GRADIENTS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EARTHWORM; ISOPOD; METAL; METROPOLITAN AREA; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

AVES; ISOPODA;

EID: 84930646608     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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