Overview
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Soil Biology (SOILBIOL, volume 19)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
About this book
Human activities have dramatically changed the composition and organisation of soils. Industrial and urban wastes, agricultural application and also mining activities resulted in an increased concentration of heavy metals in soils. How plants and soil microorganisms cope with this situation and the sophisticated techniques developed for survival in contaminated soils is discussed in this volume.
The topics presented include: the general role of heavy metals in biological soil systems; the relation of inorganic and organic pollutions; heavy metal, salt tolerance and combined effects with salinity; effects on abuscular mycorrhizal and on saprophytic soil fungi; heavy metal resistance by streptomycetes; trace element determination of environmental samples; the use of microbiological communities as indicators; phytostabilization of lead polluted sites by native plants; effects of soil earthworms on removal of heavy metals and the remediation of heavy metal contaminated tropical land.
Similar content being viewed by others
Table of contents (19 chapters)
-
Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
Accessibility Information
Accessibility information for this book is coming soon. We're working to make it available as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Soil Heavy Metals
Editors: Irena Sherameti, Ajit Varma
Series Title: Soil Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02436-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-02435-1Published: 25 November 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26157-2Published: 14 March 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-02436-8Published: 12 January 2010
Series ISSN: 1613-3382
Series E-ISSN: 2196-4831
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 492
Number of Illustrations: 76 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Terrestial Ecology, Plant Ecology, Soil Science & Conservation, Plant Biochemistry, Terrestrial Pollution