Biogeochemistry metals

Driscoll CT, Otton JK, Iverfeldt A. 1994. Trace metals speciation and cycling. In Moldan B, Cemy J, editors. Biogeochemistry of small catchments a tool for environmental research. Chichester, England J Wiley Sons, p. 299-322. 

The book focuses on the biogeochemistry of trace elements in arid and semiarid zone soils and includes an introductory chapter on the nature and properties of arid zone soils. It presents an updated overview and a comprehensive coverage of the major aspects of trace elements and heavy metals that are of most concern in the world s arid and semi-arid soils. These include the content and distribution of trace elements in arid soils, their solution chemistry, their solid-phase chemistry, selective sequential dissolution techniques for trace elements in arid soils, the bioavailability of trace elements, and the pollution and remediation of contaminated arid soils. A comprehensive and focused case study on transfer fluxes of trace elements in Israeli arid and semi-arid soils is presented. The book concludes with a discussion of a quantitative global perspective on anthropogenic interferences in the natural trace elements distributions. The elements discussed in this book include Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb, Zn, Hg, As, Se, Co, B, Mo and others. This book is an excellent reference for students and professionals in the environmental, ecological, agricultural and geological sciences. 

Banin A., Han F.X., Serban C., Ben-Dor E., Schachar Y. The dynamics of heavy metals partitioning and transformations in arid-zone soils. The Proceedings of The Fourth International Conference on Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements 1997b Berkeley, CA, USA. 

Courchesne F., Seguin V., Dufresne A. Solid phase speciation of metals in the rhizosphere of forest and industrial soils. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, 1999, Austria. 

Fenn L.B., Assadian N. Can rhizosphere chemical changes enhance heavy metal absorptuin by plants growing in calcareous soil Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements 1999 Julyll-July... 

Kingery W.L, Oppenheimer S.F., Elan F.X., Selim H.M. Adsorption/desorption hysteresis of trace metals with soil components A Dynamical systems approach. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, Vienna, Austria. 1999. 

Fenchel T, King G, Blackburn FI (1998) Bacterial biogeochemistry the ecophysiology of mineral cycling. Academic Press, London, UK Francl LJ (1993) Multivariate analysis of selected edaphic factors and their relationship to Heterodera glycines population density. J Nematol 25 270-276 Frostegard A, Tunlid A, Baath E (1993) Phospholipid fatty acid composition, biomass, and activity of microbial comunities from two soil types experimentally exposed to different heavy metals. Appl Environ Microbiol 59 3605-3617... 

Harris, J.E., GJ. Fabris, RJ. Statham, and F. Tawfik. 1979. Biogeochemistry of selected heavy metals in Western Port, Victoria, and use of invertebrates as indicators with emphasis on Mytilus edulis planulatus. Austral. Jour. Mar. Freshwater Res. 30 159-178. 

Kabata-Dendias, A. and T.I. Stuczynski. 1999. Environmental and agricultural aspects of trace metals in soils of Poland. Pages 248-249 in W.W. Wenzel, D.C. Adriano, B. Alloway, H.E. Doner, C. Keller, N.W. Lepp, M. Mench, R. Naidu, and G.M. Pierzynski (eds.). Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, July 11-15, 1999, Vienna, Austria. 

Colwell, R.R., G.S. Sayler, J.D. Nelson, Jr., and A. Justice. 1976. Microbial mobilization of mercury in the aquatic environment. Pages 437-487 in J. 0. Nriagu (ed.). Environmental Biogeochemistry, Vol. 2. Metals Transfer and Ecological Mass Balances. Ann Arbor Sci. Publ., Ann Arbor, MI. 

Biogeochemistry of heavy metals has been extensively studied in the former Soviet Union due to a widespread environmental pollution. The numerous results on ecosystem sustainability or sensitivity to metal inputs have been accumulated. 

Adriano, E. D. (1986). Biogeochemistry of Trace Metals. London, Tokyo, Boca Raton, Ann Arbor Lewis Publishers, 512 pp. 

Driscoll, C. T., Otton, J. K., Iverfeldt, A. (1994). Trace metal speciation and cycling. In B.Moldan and J.Chemy, (Eds.). Biogeochemistry of Small Catchments. John Wiley and Sons, pp. 299-322. 

Campbell, P. G. C. (2001). Predicting Metal Bioavailability in Aquatic Environments. ICOBTE (Int. Conf. on Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements), Guelph, Ontario, Canada, p. 24. 

Measurement of trace metal concentrations can provide fundamental insights into marine geochemical processes. Many metals are important micronutrients in seawater and can play a significant role in upper ocean biogeochemistry and carbon cycling. Under certain conditions, elevated concentrations of metals associated with human activities can have negative impacts on marine ecosystems. 

Two trace metal reference materials (one based on surface ocean water and one based on deep ocean water) are urgently needed to further the research community s ability to investigate the role of trace metals in ocean biogeochemistry. Thus these two materials are also assigned a high priority. 

In the following sections the biogeochemistries of important trace metals and metalloids in submerged soils are discussed. They are important either because of their redox chemistries or because they are particularly affected by soil redox... 

Keywords Biogeochemistry, Exploration, Uranium, Base Metals, Molybdenum... 

Jackson, T. A., and D. W. Schindler. 1975. The biogeochemistry of phosphorus in an experimental lake environment Evidence for the formation of humic-metal-phosphate complexes. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 19 211-221. 

Senesi, N. (1992). Metal humic substances complexes in the environment. Molecular and mechanistic aspects by multiple spectroscopic approach. In Biogeochemistry of Trace Metals, Adriano, D. C., ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 429 196. 

St-Cyr, L. and Campbell, P.G.C. (1996) Metals (Fe, Mn, Zn) in the root plaque of submerged aquatic plants collected in situ relations with metal concentrations in the adjacent sediments and in the root tissue, Biogeochemistry 33, 45-76. 

Nordstrom, D.K. and Ball, J.W. (1984) Chemical models, computer programs and metal complexation in natural waters. In Developments in Biogeochemistry Complexation of Trace Metals in Natural Waters (eds Kramer, C.J.M. and Duinker, J.C.). Martinus Nijhofl/ Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 149-164. 

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