Metal Ions In Biological Systems, Volume 44: Biogeochemistry, Availability, and Transport of Metals in the Environment

by Helmut Sigel (Editor), Roland Sigel (Editor)

Overview

Volume 44, devoted solely to the vital research areas concerning the biogeochemistry of metals and their transport in the environment and availability to living systems, offers 9 timely and authoritative chapters on these fascinating topics by 19 internationally recognized experts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000611922
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	03/01/2005
Series:	Metal Ions in Biological Systems
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

Roger D. Beckie Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, , Renata Behra Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Torunn Berg Norwegian Institute for Air Research, , Alison Butler Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California,), Bin Chen Institute of Environmental Geochemistry, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer, Charles F. Harvey Parsons Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 48-321, Cambridge, MA, Michael Krachler Institute of Environmental Geochemistry, University of Heidelberg, Peter M. H. Kroneck Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Sektion, Fachbereich Biologie, Universit ä t Konstanz, Postfach, Hendrik Küpper Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Sektion, Fachbereich Biologie, Konstanz, Germany , Jon R. Lloyd Williamson Research Centre for Molecular Environmental Sciences and Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester Bernard Ludwig Department of Environmental Chemistry, University of Kassel, Jessica D. Martin Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Kerstin Michel Department of Environmental Chemistry, University of Kassel, Joanna C. Renshaw Williamson Research Centre for Molecular Environmental Sciences and Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Manchester, Rosalind E. M. Rickaby Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford Daniel P. Schrag Laboratory for Geochemical Oceanography, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, William Shotyk Institute of Environmental Geochemistry, University of Heidelberg, Laura Sigg Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology Eiliv Steinnes Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim.

Table of Contents

Atmospheric Transport of Metals. The Marine Biogeochemistry of Iron. Speciation and Bioavailability of Trace Metals in Freshwater Environments. Bioavailability and Biogeochemistry of Metals in the Terrestrial Environment. Heavy Metal Uptake by Plants and Cyanobacteria. Arsenic in Groundwater. Anthropogenic Impacts on the Biogeochemistry and Cycling of Antimony. Microbial Transformations of Radionuclides: Fundamental Mechanisms and Biogeochemical Implications. Biogeochemistry of Carbonates: Recorders of Past Oceans and Climate