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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Nieminen, Tiina M
• Ukonmaanaho, Liisa
• Rausch, Nicole
• Shotyk, William
• Sigel, Roland K. O
• Sigel, Helmut
• Sigel, Astrid

Titel

Biogeochemistry of Nickel and Its Release into the Environment

Ist Teil von

• Nickel and Its Surprising Impact in Nature, 2007, p.1-29

Ort / Verlag

Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

Quelle

Wiley Online Library All Obooks

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Nickel may enter the environment from both natural and anthropogenic sources. In terms of potential toxicity, anthropogenic emissions of Ni are more important than natural emissions. Although Ni is an essential trace element to plants, as well as to many microbes and animals, there is currently more concern about the toxicity of Ni than the deficiency of Ni. Oil combustion is the largest single source of atmospheric Ni. The mobility of Ni in soils and sediments varies according to environmental conditions, but, e.g., in acidic organic rich soils Ni can be quite mobile. Nickel does not appear to be biomagnified in terrestrial food webs, with the exception of hyperaccumulator plants.