Elements and their Compounds in the Environment: Occurrence, Analysis and Biological Relevance, Three–Volume Set

Since the last edition was published in 1991, the ′Merian′ has established itself as the standard reference on this topic, and remains unmatched in the breadth of material covered.
This new edition is more clearly and concisely structured, and more emphasis is now given to nutritional aspects of the elements. It continues to provide:Detailed information on the environmental metals that influence the health of plants, animals and humansDescribes the problems related to waste, soils and wildlife as well as the risks caused by the increasing output of metals from industry and householdsAn extensive bibliography, numerous tables with useful data and a glossary of termsInternational experts from 15 countries have pooled their knowledge and experience to create this ultimate resource giving essential information to all chemists, biologists, geologists, food scientists, toxicologists and physiologists involved in environmental research and remediation, risk assessment, food research and industrial hygiene.

Spis treści:
Volume 1: General Aspects.
Preface.
Overview.
List of Contributors.
Editoral Board.
Part I: Element Distribution in the Environment.
1 The Composition of Earth’s Upper Crust, Natural Cycles of Elements, Natural Resources (Karl Hans Wedepohl).
2 Chemical Compounds in the Atmosphere (Hans Puxbaum and Andreas Limbeck).
3 Deposition of Acids, Elements, and their Compounds (H. J. Fiedler).
4 Macro Elements in Soil (H. J. Fiedler).
5 Trace Elements and Compounds in Soil (Alina Kabata–endias and Wieslaw Sadurski).
6 Transfer of Macro, Trace and Ultratrace Elements in the Food Chain (Manfred K. Anke).
7 Elements and Elemental Compounds in Waters and the Aquatic Food Chain (Biserka Raspor).
8 Elements and Compounds in Sediments (Ulrich Förstner and Wim Salomons).
9 Elements and Compounds in Waste Materials (Ulrich F&am p;ouml;rstner).
10 Elements and Compounds on Abandoned Industrial Sites (Ulrich Förstner and Joachim Gerth
11 Elements and Their Compounds in Indoor Environments (Pat E. Rasmussen).
12 From the Biological System of the Elements to Biomonitoring (Bernd Markert, Stefan Fraenzle and Annette Fomin).
Part II: Effects of Elements in the Food Chain and on Human Health.
1 Essential and Toxic Effects of Elements on Microorganisms (Dietrich H. Nies).
2 Essential and Toxic Effects of Macro–Trace and Ultratrace Elements for Higher Plants, Interactions and Requirement (Günther Schilling).
3 Essential and Toxic Effects of Macro, Trace, and Ultratrace Elements in the Nutrition of Animals (Manfred K. Anke).
4 Essential and Toxic Effects of Macro, Trace, and Ultratrace Elements in the Nutrition of Man (Manfred K. Anke).
5 Metal and Ceramic Implants (Hartmut F. Hildebrand).
6 Metallothioneins (Bartolome Ribas).
7 Influence of Metals on DNA (Zeno Garban).
8 Acute and Chronic Toxicity of Metals and Metal Compounds for Man (Marika Geldmacher–Mallinckrodt and Karl–einz Schaller).
9 Mutagenicity (Erich Gebhart).
10 Ecogenetics (Marika Geldmacher Mallinckrodt).
Volume 2: Metals and Their Compounds.
Preface.
Overview.
List of Contributors.
Editoral Board.
Part III: Metals and their Compounds.
1 Alkali Metals.
2 The Alkaline Earths.
3 Aluminum (Robert A. Yokel).
4 Antimony (Markus A. Rish).
5 Bismuth (Aurora D. Neagoe).
6 Cadmium (Robert F. M. Herber).
7 Chromium (Barbara Stoecker).
8 The Copper Group.
9 Gallium (Thomas L. Ziegler, Kevin K. Divine and Peter L. Goering).
10 Germanium (Michael Glei).
11 Hafnium (Mihàly Szilàgyi
12 Indium (Emily F. Madden, Carolyn J. Anderson and Peter L. Goering).
13 The Iron Group.
14 The Lanthanides (Peter L. Goering).
15 Lead (Lars Gerhardsson).
16 Manganes e (Ulrich Schäfer).
17 Mercury (G. Drasch, M. Horvat and M. Stoeppler).
18 Molybdenum (Manfred K. Anke).
19 Niobium (Nb) (Columbium) (Peter L. Goering and Thomas L. Ziegler).
20 Platinum–Group Metals (Klaus Hoppstock and Bernd Sures).
21 Tantalum (Kevin K. Divine and Peter L. Goering).
22 Thallium (Hans P. Bertram and Cornelia Bertram).
23 Tin (Jean Pierre Anger).
24 Titanium (Manfred Anke and Mathias Seifert).
25 Tungsten (Thomas Kraus).
26 Actinides and Decay Products.
27 Vanadium (Manfred K. Anke).
28 Yttrium (Jan W. Dobrowolski).
29 Zinc (Svetlana Peganova and Klaus Eder).
30 Zirconium (Karl–Heinz Schaller).
Volume 3: Nonmetals, Particular Aspects.
Preface.
Overview.
List of Contributors.
Editoral Board.
Part IV: Nonmetals.
1 Boron (Forrest H. Nielsen).
2 Nitrogen (C. Grant Kowalenko).
3 Silicon (Patrick C. D’Haese, Ludwig V. Lamberts and Marc E. De Broe).
4 Phosphorus (A. Sapek and B. Sapek).
5 Sulfur (Winfried Arnhold and Markus Stoeppler).
6 Arsenic (Markus Stoeppler).
7 Selenium (Gerhard Norbert Schrauzer).
8 Tellurium (Ryusuke Kobayashi).
9 The Halogens.
Part V: Particular Aspects.
1 Standards and Regulations Regarding Metals and Their Compounds in Environmental Materials, DrinkingWater, Food, Feeding–stuff, Consumer Products, and Other Materials (Jutta Begerow, Gerd Crössmann, Ulrich Ewers and Markus Finck).
2 Analytical Chemistry of Element Determination (Non–nuclear and Nuclear) (Milan Ihnat).
3 Element Speciation Analysis (Bernhard Michalke).
Part VI: Supplementary Information.
Glossary.
Tables and other information.
Index.