| Description |
xiv, 456 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Books in soils, plants and the environment |
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Books in soils, plants, and the environment.
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| Contents |
Gloabl importance and global cycling of selenium / Philip M. Haygarth -- Selenium in plant and animal nutrition / H.F. Mayland -- Adsorption, volatilization, and speciation of selenium in different types of soils in China / J.A. Tan -- Kesterson Reservoir -- past, present, and future: an ecological risk assessment / Harry M. Ohlendorf -- Field investigations of selenium speciation, transformation, and transport in soils from\ Kesterson Reservoir and Lahontan Valley / Tetsu K. Tokunaga -- Geologic origin and pathways of selenium from the California Coast Ranges to the West-central San Joaquin Valley / Theresa S. Presser -- Distribution and mobility of selenium in groundwater in the Western San Jaoquin Valley of California / Steven J. Deverel -- Chemical oxidation--reduction controls on selenium mobility in groundwater systems / Arthur F. White -- Kinetics of selenium uptake and loss and seasonal cycling of selenium by the aquatic microbial community in the Kesterson wetlands / Alexander J. Horne -- Agroforestry farming system for the management of selenium and salt on irrigated farmland / Vashek Cervinka -- The algal- bacterial selenium removal system: mechanism and field study / Tryg J. Lundquist -- Selenium accumulation and colonization of plants in soils with elevated selenium and salinity / Lin Wu -- Vegetation management strategies for remediation of selenium- contaminated soils / David R. Parker -- Selenium volatilization by plants / Norman Terry -- Microbial volatilization of selenium from soils and sediments / W.T. Frankenberger -- Biochemical transformations of selenium in anoxic environments / Ronald S. Oremland -- Biochemistry of selenium metabolism by Thauera selenatis ge. nov. sp. nov. and use of the organism for bioremediation of selenium oxyanions in San Joaquin Valley drainage water / Joan M. Macy |
| Summary |
Detailing the latest innovative laboratory and field studies on selenium (Se) in the ecosystem, this outstanding reference discusses the biochemical and geological cycling of Se, its worldwide distribution, and the factors controlling its fate and transport within and between major environmental media - presenting a global assessment of selenium's complex environmental behavior. Written by over 30 internationally acclaimed experts in their respective fields, Selenium in the Environment focuses on Se management and remediation strategies . . . covers the speciation, transformation, transport, and toxicity of Se . . . emphasizes selenium's role in plant and animal health . . . analyzes two endemic diseases in China and their relationship to Se adsorption, volatilization, and speciation in different types of soil . . . assesses the ecological risk of Se poisoning at Kesterson Reservoir, a storage reservoir in the Pacific flyway . . . examines the geologic origins of Se from the California Coast Range to the West-Central San Joaquin Valley of California . . . and more |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Selenium -- Environmental aspects.
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Heavy metals -- Environmental aspects.
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Mineral pollutants (U)
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Selenium -- Analysis -- Environmental aspects.
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Selenium -- Environmental aspects.
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Selenosis.
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| Author |
Benson, Sally.
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Frankenberger, W. T. (William T.), 1952-
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| LC no. |
94011106 |
| ISBN |
0824789938 (acid-free paper) |
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