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Copper and zinc balance in soils, rice plants and aquatic systems in an area along the fuchu precipice line, Tokyo, Japan

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The abundance and distribution of Cu and Zn in spring water, irrigation water and sediment from the Fuchu Irrigation Canals, ground water for irrigation, rice plants and paddy soil at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology's Hommachi Farm were studied. The balance of Cu and Zn in the paddy field at the Hommachi Farm was investigated. The discharge of Cu and Zn influenced by human activities was observed in sediment of the Fuchu Irrigation Canal, and rice plants and paddy soil at the Hommachi Farm where irrigation water from the Fuchu Irrigation Canal was used until 1970. From Cu and Zn balance calculated, several hundred years are needed to decrease by half the present level of these metals at the Hommachi Farm.

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  1. Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 183, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

    Masanori Okazaki & Shinji Saito

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Okazaki, M., Saito, S. Copper and zinc balance in soils, rice plants and aquatic systems in an area along the fuchu precipice line, Tokyo, Japan. Water Air Soil Pollut 43, 265–275 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00279196

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