Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology / Volume 178 (Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology)

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy, and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications. Table of Contents......Page 12 Foreword......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Influence of Aging on Metal Availability in Soils......Page 14 Algal Toxicity Tests for Environmental Risk Assessment of Metals......Page 36 Chemistry of Chromium in Soils with Emphasis on Tannery Waste Sites......Page 66 Chromium—Microorganism Interactions in Soils: Remediation Implications......Page 106 C......Page 178 M......Page 180 Z......Page 181 Considerable evidence is available showing that the total metal concentration in a soil is not a good predictor of its availability (Van Gestel 1997; Van Straalen and Denneman 1989).