1st Edition
Trace Elements in Abiotic and Biotic Environments
Trace Elements in Abiotic and Biotic Environments helps readers understand the fundamental principles and phenomena that control the transfer of trace elements.
This book describes the occurrence and behavior of trace elements in rocks, soil, water, air, and plants, and also discusses the anthropogenic impact to the environment. In addition, it covers the presence of trace elements in feeds, as either contaminants or as nutritional or zootechnical additives, and their transfer across the food chain to humans.
Also discussed is international legislation on trace elements for both micronutrients and contaminants in soil and plant food. A special focus is placed on the human health effects of both trace element deficiency and excess. All trace elements are covered—from aluminum to zirconium—as well as rare-earth elements (actinides and lanthanides).
Aluminum [Al, 27]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Antimony [Sb, 51]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Arsenic [As, 33]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Animals
Barium [Ba, 56]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Beryllium [Be, 4]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Bismuth [Bi, 83]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Boron [B, 5]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Bromine [Br, 35]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Cadmium [Cd, 48]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Animals
Cesium [Cs, 55]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Cesium Isotopes
Humans
Chlorine [Cl, 17]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Chromium [Cr, 24]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Animals
Cobalt [Co, 27]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Animals
Copper [Cu, 29]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Animals
Fluorine [F, 9]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Gallium [Ga, 31]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Germanium [Ge, 32]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Gold [Au, 79]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Hafnium [Hf, 72]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Indium [In, 49]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Iodine [I, 53]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Animals
Iridium [Ir, 77]
Introduction
Environment
Humans
Iron [Fe, 26]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Animals
Lead [Pb, 82]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Animals
Lithium [Li, 3]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Manganese [Mn, 25]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Animals
Mercury [Hg, 80]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Animals
Molybdenum [Mo, 42]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Animals
Nickel [Ni, 28]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Animals
Niobium [Nb, 41]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Osmium [Os, 76]
Introduction
Environment
Humans
Palladium [Pd, 46]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Platinum [Pt, 78]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Polonium [Po, 84]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Plants
Humans
Radium [Ra, 88]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Radon [Rn, 88]
Introduction
Environment
Humans
Rhenium [Re, 75]
Introduction
Environment
Humans
Rhodium [Rh, 45]
Introduction
Environment
Humans
Rubidium [Rb, 37]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Ruthenium [Ru, 44]
Introduction
Environment
Radionuclides
Humans
Scandium [Sc, 21]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Selenium [Se, 34]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Animals
Silicon [Si, 14]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Silver [Ag, 47]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Strontium [Sr, 38]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Isotopes
Humans
Tantalum [Ta, 73]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Technetium [Tc, 43]
Introduction
Environment
Humans
Tellurium [Te, 52]
Introduction
Soils
Waters and Air
Plants
Humans
Thallium [Tl, 81]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Tin [Sn, 50]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Titanium [Ti, 22]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Tungsten [W, 74]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Animals
Vanadium [V, 23]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Yttrium [Y, 39]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Zinc [Zn, 30]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Animals
Zirconium [Zr, 40]
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Lanthanides
Introduction
Soils
Waters
Air
Plants
Humans
Animals
Actinides
Introduction
Thorium [Th, 90]
Uranium [U, 92]
Plutonium [Pu, 94]
References
Biography
Alina Kabata-Pendias is a professor emeritus at the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation in Puławy, Poland. She earned her PhD in soil science from this institute. She also worked at the Polish Geological Institute in Warsaw. Dr. Kabata-Pendias’s research interest focuses on the fate of trace elements in the rock–soil–plant chain. She has published nearly 320 articles and is the author or coauthor of 11 books. Dr. Kabata-Pendias has been active in various national and international scientific committees and was awarded several medals, including the prestigious Philippe Duchaufour Medal, bestowed by the European Geosciences Union.
Barbara Szteke is a professor emeritus at the Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology in Warsaw, Poland. She also served as head of the Department of Food Analysis at that institute. Dr. Szteke has also been the Polish representative for the Codex Alimentarius Commission FAO/WHO Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants. Dr. Szteke’s research areas focus on foodstuff contaminants coming from the environment, such as elements, pesticides, and mycotoxins. She is the author or coauthor of more than 200 scientific papers, books chapters, reports, and lectures.