Revival: Biogeochemistry of Trace Metals (1992) : Advances In Trace Substances Research

"Biogeochemistry of Trace Metals is a compendium of the most recent information available on the effects of trace metals in soil quality and its potential threat on the transfer of these contaminants to consumers. Most of the chapters in the book were presented as papers during the First International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (formerly Metals in Soils, Plants, Waters, and Animals) held in Orlando, Florida in May, 1990. Topics discussed include background levels of metals in soils and/or plants (covering western Europe; temperate, humid Europe; and the People's Republic of China); metal cycling and transfer in the food chain in agroecosystems; uptake and accumulation of metals by bacteria, fungi, and invertebrates; mechanistic aspects of metals; the microbial aspects of soil selenium losses; and manganese sorption on soil constituents."--Provided by publisher Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1 Trace Metals in the Environment: Retrospect and Prospect -- CHAPTER 2 Trace Element Concentrations in Soils and Plants of Western Europe -- CHAPTER 3 Background Levels and Environmental Influences on Trace Metals in Soils of the Temperate Humid Zone of Europe -- CHAPTER 4 Metal Contamination of Flooded Soils, Rice Plants, and Surface Waters -- CHAPTER 5 The Transfer of Cadmium from Agricultural Soils to the Human Food Chain -- CHAPTER 6 Long-Term Application of Sewage Sludge and Its Effect on Metal Uptake by Crops -- CHAPTER 7 Fate of Trace Metals in Sewage Sludge Compost -- CHAPTER 8 Long-Term Behavior of Heavy Metals in Agricultural Soils: A Simple Analytical Model -- CHAPTER 9 Atmospheric Deposition of Metals to Agricultural Surfaces -- CHAPTER 10 Uptake and Accumulation of Metals in Bacteria and Fungi -- CHAPTER 11 Metals in Invertebrate Animals of Forest Ecosystems -- CHAPTER 12 Metal Tolerance in Plants: Signal Transduction and Acclimation Mechanisms -- CHAPTER 13 Dissipation of Soil Selenium by Microbial Volatilization -- CHAPTER 14 Mechanism of Manganese Adsorption on Soil Constituents -- CHAPTER 15 Multi-Element Analysis in Plant Materials - Analytical Tools and Biological Questions -- CHAPTER 16 Metal-Humic Substance Complexes in the Environment. Molecular and Mechanistic Aspects by Multiple Spectroscopic Approach -- Index Annotation Biogeochemistry of Trace Metals is a compendium of the most recent information available on the effects of trace metals in soil quality and its potential threat on the transfer of these contaminants to consumers. Most of the chapters in the book were presented as papers during the First International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (formerly Metals in Soils, Plants, Waters, and Animals) held in Orlando, Florida in May, 1990. Topics discussed include background levels of metals in soils and/or plants (covering western Europe; temperate, humid Europe; and the People's Republic of China); metal cycling and transfer in the food chain in agroecosystems; uptake and accumulation of metals by bacteria, fungi, and invertebrates; mechanistic aspects of metals; the microbial aspects of soil selenium losses; and manganese sorption on soil constituents