Overview
- Presents both theoretical aspects and practical applications
- Written by researchers actively involved in the respective fields
- Illustrates the complex processes involved in heavy metal pollution and practical solutions for soil remediation
Part of the book series: Soil Biology (SOILBIOL, volume 44)
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Following a description of the various sources and factors influencing the contents of heavy metal pollution in post-catastrophic and agricultural soils, subsequent chapters examine soil enzymes and eggs as bio-monitors, lead adsorption, the effects of arsenic on microbial diversity, and the effects of Mediterranean grasslands on abandoned mines. A third section focuses on the adaptation strategies used by plants and bacteria, such as Pinus sylvestris in industrial areas, and the rhizosphere in contaminated tropical soils and soil treated with sewage sludge. Further topics addressed include strategies of bioremediation, e.g. using transgenic plants as tools for soil remediation.
This new volume on heavy metals in soil will be of interest to researchers and scholars in microbial and plant biotechnology, agriculture, the environmental sciences and soil ecology.
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Sources of Heavy Metals in Soils
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Monitoring Heavy Metals in Soils
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Adaptation Strategies of Plants and Bacteria in Response to Heavy Metals
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Approaches for the Remediation of Contaminated Soils
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Heavy Metal Contamination of Soils
Book Subtitle: Monitoring and Remediation
Editors: Irena Sherameti, Ajit Varma
Series Title: Soil Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14526-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-14525-9Published: 14 April 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38336-1Published: 09 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-14526-6Published: 06 April 2015
Series ISSN: 1613-3382
Series E-ISSN: 2196-4831
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 497
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 100 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Soil Science & Conservation