Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils. (2000)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Donald L. Wise.
• Authors: Wise, Donald L
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Part 1: BIOREMEDIATION of CONTAMINATED SOILS; 1 Toward an Ecosystem Approach to Remediation in the Great Basin; I. INTRODUCTION; II. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY PRIMER ON SELENIUM AND NITROGEN; A. Selenium; B. Soil Interactions with Selenium; C. Nitrogen in the Soil; III. GEOCHEMICAL CONTEXTS OF SELENIUM AND NITROGEN; A. The Great Basin; B. Coal and Oil Shale Lands; IV. BIOLOGICAL CYCLING OF SELENIUM AND NITROGEN; A. Selenium and Plants; BII Nitrate and Plants; V. B BIOCHEMICALLY AND PHYSIOLOGICALLY BASED RISKASSESSMENT OF Se/NO A. Selenium Nutrition in HumansB.. Selenium Metabolism in Animals; C.. Nitrate and Animals; VI. A CASE STUDY IN THE GREAT BASIN; VII. CONCLUSIONS AND PRESCRIPTIONS; REFERENCES; 2 Experimental Investigations of In Situ Bioremediation of an Aquifer Contaminated with Ammonium; I. INTRODUCTION; II. LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; A. Sampling Sediment and Water; B. Batch and Column Reactor Design; C. Chemical Analysis; D. Model for Transport of Oxygen, Ammonium, and Nitrate; III. RESULTS; A. Batch Experiments: Ammonium Oxidation B. Column Experiment: Transport of Oxygen, Ammonlum and NitrateThrough the AquiferIV. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 3 Remediation of Hexavalent Chromiumby Biosorption; I. INTRODUCTION; II. EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; III. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS; IV. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 4 Bioregeneration of Contaminated Adsorbents Containing Hazardous Wastes; I. INTRODUCTION; II. EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; A. Selection of Adsorbent, Adsorptive, Microorganisms; B. Description of the Experimental Installation; III. MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF ADSORPTION-BIOREGENERATION IV. DISCUSSION OF RESULTSV. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 5 Efficiency of Cyperus corymbosus, Typha angustifolia, Phragmites australis, and Eleocharis dulcis in Constructed Wetlands for Removal of Chromium from Electroplating Industrial Wastewater; I. INTRODUCTION; A. Heavy Metals; B. Aquatic Plants; II. MATERIALS AND METHODS; A. Experimental Setup; B. Planting; C. Starting the Experiment; D. Sampling; III. ANALYTICAL METHODS; IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS; A. pH; B. Temperature; C. Conductivity; D. Efficiency of Constructed Wetlands for Chromium Treatment 1. Chromium Accumulation in Soil2. Chromium Accumulation in Plants; 3. Mass Balance; 4. Growth of Plants; V. SUMMARY; REFERENCES; 6 Microbiological Peculiarities in the Transformation of Cattle Waste into Food Additives; I. INTRODUCTION; II. EXPERIMENTAL; A. Materials and Methods; B. Direction of the Biofermentation Process. Development of Microorganisms to Decompose High Molecular Weight Compounds; C. The Mineralization Level of the Biofermentation Process; D. Influence of Biological Additions on the Development of Microorganisms That Produce Metabolites
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 628.5/5; Soil science; Environmental toxicology; Environmental toxicology; Soil science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482270235; 1482270234
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