Heavy metals in agricultural landscapes as hazards to human and ecosystem health: a case study on zinc and cadmium in drainage channel sediments

2014 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 466-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radovan Savic ◽  
Gabrijel Ondrasek ◽  
Jasmina Josimov-Dundjerski
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Ecosystem Health ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Drainage Channel

EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF EO DATA AND GIS FOR ECOSYSTEM HEALTH MODELING IN RESPONSE TO WILDFIRE: A CASE STUDY IN CENTRAL GREECE

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 2165-2178 ◽  
Author(s):  
George P. Petropoulos ◽  
Aaron Evans ◽  
Salim Lamine ◽  
Dionissios P. Kalivas
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Health ◽  
Central Greece

scholarly journals Metal(loid) speciation and transformation by aerobic methanotrophs

Microbiome ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Obulisamy Parthiba Karthikeyan ◽  
Thomas J. Smith ◽  
Shamsudeen Umar Dandare ◽  
Kamaludeen Sara Parwin ◽  
Heetasmin Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Ecosystem Health ◽  
Toxic Metal ◽  
Industrial Effluents ◽  
Environmental Cost ◽  
Toxic Heavy Metal ◽  
Food Web Interactions ◽  
Climate Regulation ◽  
Aerobic Methanotrophs ◽  
Long Term Impact

AbstractManufacturing and resource industries are the key drivers for economic growth with a huge environmental cost (e.g. discharge of industrial effluents and post-mining substrates). Pollutants from waste streams, either organic or inorganic (e.g. heavy metals), are prone to interact with their physical environment that not only affects the ecosystem health but also the livelihood of local communities. Unlike organic pollutants, heavy metals or trace metals (e.g. chromium, mercury) are non-biodegradable, bioaccumulate through food-web interactions and are likely to have a long-term impact on ecosystem health. Microorganisms provide varied ecosystem services including climate regulation, purification of groundwater, rehabilitation of contaminated sites by detoxifying pollutants. Recent studies have highlighted the potential of methanotrophs, a group of bacteria that can use methane as a sole carbon and energy source, to transform toxic metal (loids) such as chromium, mercury and selenium. In this review, we synthesise recent advances in the role of essential metals (e.g. copper) for methanotroph activity, uptake mechanisms alongside their potential to transform toxic heavy metal (loids). Case studies are presented on chromium, selenium and mercury pollution from the tanneries, coal burning and artisanal gold mining, respectively, which are particular problems in the developing economy that we propose may be suitable for remediation by methanotrophs.

Farmland heavy metals can migrate to deep soil at a regional scale: A case study on a wastewater-irrigated area in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 281 ◽  
pp. 116977
Author(s):  
Shushen Yang ◽  
Wenzhao Feng ◽  
Shiqin Wang ◽  
Liang Chen ◽  
Xin Zheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Deep Soil ◽  
Irrigated Area

Contamination of heavy metals in Swarnarekha river and its effects: A case study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumita Ganguli ◽  
Nishi Kant ◽  
Sanjeev Sinha ◽  
M. K. Paswan
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals

Spatial distribution and geochemistry of heavy metals in soils: A case study from the NE area of Vaslui county, Romania

2017 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
pp. 20-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Traian Ungureanu ◽  
Gabriel Ovidiu Iancu ◽  
Mitică Pintilei ◽  
Marian Marius Chicoș
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Heavy Metals In Soils
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