Release of cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel and zinc by sewage sludge and the subsequent uptake by members of a turtle grass (thalassia testudinum) ecosystem
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:7324099
The rates of uptake by a turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum) ecosystem of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn which were leached from sewage sludge by seawater were determined. The experimental design used aerated flowing seawater (8.4l min/sup -1/), which passed over a 0.1 m/sup 3/ bed of sewage sludge before traversing the model ecosystem.
- Research Organization:
- Puerto Rico Nuclear Center, Mayaguez
- OSTI ID:
- 7324099
- Report Number(s):
- CEER-2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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520200* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
560303 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Plants-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIODEGRADATION
BIOMASS
CADMIUM
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHROMIUM
COASTAL REGIONS
COASTAL WATERS
COPPER
DECOMPOSITION
ECOSYSTEMS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FOOD CHAINS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MASS TRANSFER
METALS
MINERAL CYCLING
NICKEL
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
ROOT ABSORPTION
SEAWATER
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
SURFACE WATERS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
UPTAKE
WASTES
WATER
ZINC
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
560303 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Plants-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIODEGRADATION
BIOMASS
CADMIUM
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHROMIUM
COASTAL REGIONS
COASTAL WATERS
COPPER
DECOMPOSITION
ECOSYSTEMS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FOOD CHAINS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MASS TRANSFER
METALS
MINERAL CYCLING
NICKEL
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
ROOT ABSORPTION
SEAWATER
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
SURFACE WATERS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
UPTAKE
WASTES
WATER
ZINC