Environmental Contamination

Part 1 Aspects of environmental contamination: ethical aspects of environmental protection, B. Burgenmeier. Part 2 Atmospheric pollution: effects of air pollutants on man, animals, plants and buildings - mechanisms and dose-response effects, S. Hippeli and E.F. Elstner; effects of air pollution on the condition of sessile oak forests in Hungary, I. Meszaros et al; long term effects of acid deposition - implications on the performance of high level nuclear waste repositories, J. Nebot and J. Bruno; on character of ejection of radionuclides out of earth surface, I.V. Melikhov et al. Part 3 Soils and contamination from mining uses: trace elements dynamics in soils and aquifers of western Switzerland, O. Atteia et al; leaching behaviour of granulated non-ferrous metal slags, F.M.G. Tack et al; environmental impact of mining activities on the Hermioni area, Greece, S.P. Varnavas et al. Part 4 Human impacts on soils by wastes and contaminated dredged material uses: beneficial and toxic effects of chromium in plants - solution culture, pot and field studies, J. Barcelo et al; interactive effects of the application of different Cd forms and an acidifying agent on plant available metals and postharvest soil extractability, R. Nogales et al; evolution of heavy metal species in leachates and in the solid phase during composting of municipal solid wastes, P. Prudent et al; effect of several industrial wastes on soil respiratory activity, E. Marti et al; long-term evaluation of plants and animals colonizing contaminated dredged material placed in upland and wetland environments, D.L. Brandon et al; contaminated aquatic sediments and waste sites as toxic chemical time bombs, U. Forstner; the importance of biological testing in the assessment of metal contamination and site remediation, C.R. Lee et al. Part 5 Inland waters: recovery from eutrophic to oligotrophic states in lakes - role of sediments, D. Span et al; dynamics of the autochthonous and contaminant bacterial colonization of lakes (lake of Cadagno and lake of Lugano as model systems), R. Peduzzi et al; the role of the bacterial community in the radionuclide transfers in freshwater ecosystems, F. Hambuckers-Berhin et al; effect of plants on the accumulation of Zn, Pb, Cu and Cd in sediments of the Tagus estuary salt marshes, Portugal, I. Cacador et al; studies on heavy metals of periphyton and its host plant phragmites australis (cav.) trien ex steudel in shallow lakes, G. Lakatos; origin and pathways of cadmium contamination in the Gironde estuary, Garonne river and tributaries, J.M. Jouanneau et al. Part 6 Synthesis and methods: mercury pollution and cycling in aquatic systems, F.M. D'Itri; analysis of selenium, M. Sager; selenium occurrence and ecology, M. Sager; author index; subject index.