Selenium in the Environment
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Selenium in the Environment

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eBook - ePub

Selenium in the Environment

About this book

Discusses the biochemical and geological cycling of selenium (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 behaviour. The focus of this work is upon Se management and remediation strategies.

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
1994
eBook ISBN
9781040191194
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Agriculture
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Preface
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Contributors
  8. Selenium in the Environment
  9. 1 Global Importance and Global Cycling of Selenium
  10. 2 Selenium in Plant and Animal Nutrition
  11. 3 Adsorption, Volatilization, and Speciation of Selenium in Different Types of Soils in China
  12. 4 Kesterson Reservoir—Past, Present, and Future: An Ecological Risk Assessment
  13. 5 Field Investigations of Selenium Speciation, Transformation, and Transport in Soils from Kesterson Reservoir and Lahontan Valley
  14. 6 Geologic Origin and Pathways of Selenium from the California Coast Ranges to the West-Central
  15. 7 Distribution and Mobility of Selenium in Groundwater in the Western San Joaquin Valley of California
  16. 8 Chemical Oxidation-Reduction Controls on Selenium Mobility in Groundwater Systems
  17. 9 Kinetics of Selenium Uptake and Loss and Seasonal Cycling of Selenium by the Aquatic Microbial Community in the Kesterson Wetlands
  18. 10 Agroforestry Farming System for the Management of Selenium and Salt on Irrigated Farmland
  19. 11 The Algal-Bacterial Selenium Removal System: Mechanisms and Field Study
  20. 12 Selenium Accumulation and Colonization of Plants in Soils with Elevated Selenium and Salinity
  21. 13 Vegetation Management Strategies for Remediation of Selenium-Contaminated Soils
  22. 14 Selenium Volatilization by Plants
  23. 15 Microbial Volatilization of Selenium from Soils and Sediments
  24. 16 Biogeochemical Transformations of Selenium in Anoxic Environments
  25. 17 Biochemistry of Selenium Metabolism by Thauera selenatis gen. nov.sp. nov. and Use of the Organism for Bioremediation of Selenium Oxyanions in San Joaquin Valley Drainage Water
  26. Index
  27. Backmatter