Includes bibliographical references and index.

Trace metals in the environment : retrospect and prospect / Brian E. Davies -- Trace elements concentrations in soils and plants of Western Europe / M. Angelone and C. Bini -- Background levels and environmental influences on trace metals in soils of the temperate humid zone of Europe / Alina Kabata-Pendias ... {et al.} -- Metal contamination of flooded soils, rice plants, and surface waters in Asia / Zueng-Sang Chen -- The transfer of cadmium from agricultural soils to the human food chain / Andrew P. Jackson and Brian J. Alloway -- Long-term application of sewage sludge and its effects on metal uptake by crops / C. Juste and M. Mench -- Fate of trace metals in sewage sludge compost / C.L. Henry and R.B. Harrison -- Long-term behavior of heavy metals in agricultural soils : a simple analytical model / Karl Harmsen -- Atmospheric deposition of metals to agricultural surfaces / P.M. Haygarth and K.C. Jones -- Uptake and accumulation of metals in bacteria and fungi / Nicholas W. Lepp. (Cont.) Metals in invertebrate animals of a forest ecosystem / Mechthild Roth -- Metal tolerance in plants : signal transduction and acclimation mechanisms / Jonathan R. Cumming and A. Brian Tomsett -- Dissipation of soil selenium by microbial volatilization / W.T. Frankenberger, Jr. and U. Karlson -- Mechanism of manganese adsorption on soil constituents / Riaz A. Khattak and A.L. Page -- Multi-element analysis in plant materials-- analytical tools and biological questions / Bernd Markert -- Metal-humic substance complexes in the environment. Molecular and mechanistic aspects by multiple spectroscopic approach / Nicola Senesi.