Heavy Metal Contamination of Soils Monitoring and Remediation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sherameti, Irena (Editor), Varma, Ajit (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Soil Biology, 44
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Life Sciences.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Soil Science & Conservation.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Sources of heavy metals in soils
• Monitoring heavy metals in soils
• Adaption strategies of plants and bacteria in response to heavy metals
• Approaches for the remediation of contaminated soils
• Genetic engineering – a tool to cleaning up contaminated.