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PREDICTING METAL UPTAKE BY PLANTS USING THE DGT TECHNIQUE

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Soil and Water Pollution Monitoring, Protection and Remediation

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series ((NAIV,volume 69))

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Measurements in soils of the effective metal concentration using DGT (diffusive gradients in thin-films) generally correlate very well with the concentrations of metals in plants grown in the same soil. While the goodness of fit varies, depending on the metal, plant species and soil type, it is generally better than the fit to other soil measurements.

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  1. Department of Environmental Science, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA14YQ, UK

    Hao Zhang & William Davison

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  1. Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Zabrze, Poland

    Irena Twardowska

  2. Center for Study of Metals in the Environment, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, U.S.A.

    Herbert E. Allen

  3. Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A.

    Max M. Häggblom

  4. Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Zabrze, Poland

    Sebastian Stefaniak

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Zhang, H., Davison, W. (2006). PREDICTING METAL UPTAKE BY PLANTS USING THE DGT TECHNIQUE. In: Twardowska, I., Allen, H.E., Häggblom, M.M., Stefaniak, S. (eds) Soil and Water Pollution Monitoring, Protection and Remediation. NATO Science Series, vol 69. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4728-2_12

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