Biogeochemistry of Environmentally Important Trace Elements discusses fate, transport, and transformation in soils, waters, and plants in biogeochemistry of environmentally important trace elements, with a focus on arsenic, mercury, and selenium.

Table of Contents:
Preface 1: Yong Cai: Biogeochemistry of Environmentally Important Trace Elements: Overview 2: C. Watt and X. C. Le: Arsenic Speciation in Natural Waters 3: Janice S. Lee and Jerome O. Nriagu: Arsenic Carbonate Complexes in Aqueous Systems 4: R. H. Loeppert, A. Jain, M. A. Abd El-Haleem, and B. K. Biswas: Quantity and Speciation of Arsenic in Soils by Chemical Extraction 5: Bruce A. Manning, Scott E. Fendorf, and Donald L. Suarez: Arsenic(III) Complexation and Oxidation Reactions on Soil 6: Xiaoguang Meng, Chuanyong Jing, and George P. Korfiatis: A Review of Redox Transformation of Arsenic in Aquatic Environments 7: Sahar Motamedi, Yong Cai, and Kevin E. O'Shea: Reactions of Ultrasonically Generated Hydroxyl Radicals with Arsenic in Aqueous Environments: Influence of Oxygen, Argon, Solution pH, and Concentration 8: Yong Cai and Lena Q. Ma: Metal Tolerance, Accumulation, and Detoxification in Plants with Emphasis on Arsenic in Terrestrial Plants 9: Margaret E. Farago, Peter J. Kavanagh, Maria J. Leite, Julie Mossom, Gill Sawbridge, and Iain Thornton: Uptake of Arsenic by Plants in Southwest England 10: Jrg Feldmann: Volatilization of Metals from a Landfill Site. Generation and Immobilization of Volatile Species of Tin, Antimony, Bismuth, Mercury, Arsenic, and Tellurium on a Municipal Waste Deposit in Delta, British Columbia 11: Alfred V. Hirner: Volatile Metal(loid) Species Associated with Waste Materials: Chemical and Toxicological Aspects 12: Emmanuel Tessier, David Amouroux, and Olivier F. X. Donard: Biogenic Volatilization of Trace Elements from European Estuaries 13: Kenneth J. Reimer, Christopher A. Ollson, and Iris Koch: An Approach for Characterizing Arsenic Sources and Risk at Contaminated Sites: Application to Gold Mining Sites in Yellowknife, NWT, Canada 14: Angel A. Carbonell- Barrachina, Asuncin Rocamora, Carmen Garca-Gomis, Francisco Martnez-Snchez, and Francisco Burl: Arsenic and Zinc Biogeochemistry in Acidified Pyrite Mine Waste from the Aznalcllar Environmental Disaster 15: Anne-Marie Compton-O'Brien, Richard D. Foust, Jr., Michael E. Ketterer, and Dean W. Blinn: Total Arsenic in a Fishless Desert Spring:Montezuma Well, Arizona 16: Chien M. Wai, Joanna Shaofen Wang, and M. H. Yang: Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater, Blackfoot Disease, and Other Related Health Problems 17: Steven D. Siciliano, Nelson O'Driscoll, and D. R. S. Lean: Dissolved Gaseous Mercury Profiles in Freshwaters 18: Hong Zhang, Steve Lindberg, Mae Gustin, and Xiaohong Xu: Toward a Better Understanding of Mercury Emissions from Soils 19: J. M. Benoit, C. C. Gilmour, A. Heyes, R. P. Mason, and C. L. Miller: Geochemical and Biological Controls over Methylmercury Production and Degradation in Aquatic Ecosystems 20: D. Cossa, F. J. G. Laurier, and A. Ficht: Mercury Contamination in the Seine Estuary, France:An Overview 21: Holger Hintelmann and Nives Ogrinc: Determination of Stable Mercury Isotopes by ICP/MS and Their Application in Environmental Studies 22: Patricia M. Fox, Danika L. LeDuc, Hussein Hussein, Zhi-qing Lin, and Norman Terry: Selenium Speciation in Soils and Plants 23: Dean A. Martens and Donald L. Suarez: Soil Methylation-Demethylation Pathways for Metabolism of Plant-Derived Selenoamino Acids 24: S. G. Dai, H. W. Sun, Y. Q. Wang, W. P. Chen, and N. Li: Sorption Behavior of Butyltin Compounds in Estuarine Environments of the Haihe River, China 25: Quy T. Nguyen and Bruce A. Manning: Spectroscopic and Modeling Study of Lead Adsorption and Precipitation Reactions on a Mineral Soil 26: D. C. Wang, X. D. Li, C. X. Wang, O. W. H. Wai, and Y. S. Li: Heavy Metals in the Coastal Water of Hong Kong Indexes Author Index Subject Index