107
Carreras HA, Wannaz ED, Pignata ML (2009) Assessment of human health risk related to metals
by the use of biomonitors in the province of Cordoba, Argentina. Environ Pollut 157:117–122
Catalano JF, Brown JRG (2005) Uranyl adsorption onto montmorillonite: evaluation of binding
sites and carbonate complexation. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 69:2995–3005
Chapman PM (2008) Environmental risks of inorganic metals and metalloids: a continuing, evolving scientific odyssey. Human Ecol Risk Assess 14:5–40
Chapman NA, McKinley IG, Penna Franca E, Shea ME, Smellie JAT (1992) The Poços de Caldas
project: an introduction and summary of its implications for radioactive waste disposal.
J Geochem Explor 45:1–24
Charles AL, Markich SJ, Stauber JL, De Filippis LF (2002) The effect of water hardness on the
toxicity of uranium to a tropical freshwater alga (Chlorella sp.). Aquat Toxicol 60:61–73
Chen C, Zhao K, Shang J, Liu C, Wang J, Yan Z, Liu K, Wu W (2018) Uranium (VI) transport in saturated heterogeneous media: influence of kaolinite and humic acid. Environ Pollut
240:219–226
Cheng KL, Hogan AC, Parry DL, Markich SJ, Harford AJ, van Dam RA (2010) Uranium toxicity
and speciation during chronic exposure to the tropical freshwater fish, Mogurnda mogurnda.
Chemosphere 79:547–554
Cordeiro C, Favas PJC, Pratas J, Sarkar SK, Venkatachalam P (2016) Uranium accumulation in
aquatic macrophytes in an uraniferous region: relevance to natural attenuation. Chemosphere
156:76–87
Croteau MN, Fuller CC, Cain DJ, Campbell KM, Aiken G (2016) Biogeochemical controls of
uranium bioavailability from the dissolved phase in natural freshwaters. Environ Sci Technol
50:8120–8127
Cunha CSM, Silva YJAB, Escobar MEO, Nascimento CWA (2018) Spatial variability and geochemistry of rare earth elements in soils from the largest uranium–phosphate deposit of Brazil.
Environ Geochem Health 40:1629–1643
Drozdzak J, Leermakers M, Gao Y, Elskens M, Phrommavanh V, Descostes M (2016) Uranium
aqueous speciation in the vicinity of the former uranium mining sites using the diffusive gradients in thin films and ultrafiltration techniques. Anal Chim Acta 913:94–103
Ehlken S, Kirchner G (2002) Environmental processes affecting plant root uptake of radioactive
trace elements and variability of transfer factor data: a review. J Environ Radioact 58:97–112
Eismann CE, Menegário AA, Gemeiner H, Williams PN (2018) Predicting trace metal exposure in
aquatic ecosystems: evaluating DGT as a biomonitoring tool. Exp Health 1–13
Favas PJC, Pratas J, Varun M, D’Souza R, Paul MS (2014) Accumulation of uranium by aquatic
plants in field conditions: prospects for phytoremediation. Sci Total Environ 470-471:993–1002
Favas P, Pratas J, Mitra S, Sarkar SK, Venkatachalam P (2016) Biogeochemistry of uranium in
the soil-plant and water-plant systems in an old uranium mine. Sci Total Environ 568:350–368
Ferrari CR, Do Nascimento HDAF, Rodgher S, Almeida T, Bruschi AL, Nascimento MRL,
Bonifácio RL (2017) Effects of the discharge of uranium mining effluents on the water quality of the reservoir: an integrative chemical and ecotoxicological assessment. Sci Rep 7:1–10
Flues M, Camargo IMC, Silva PSC, Mazzilli BP (2006) Radioactivity of coal and ashes from
Figueira coal power plant in Brazil. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 270:597–602
Fortin C, Dutel L, Garnier-Laplace J (2002) Establishing links between uranium aqueous speciation and uptake by a unicellular alga. Radioprotection 37:593–598
Francis AJ (1990) Microbial dissolution and stabilization of toxic metals and radionuclides in
mixed wastes. Experientia 46:840–851
Franklin NM, Stauber JL, Markich SJ, Lim RP (2000) pH-dependent toxicity of copper and uranium to a tropical freshwater alga (Chlorella sp.). Aquat Toxicol 48:275–289
Fungaro DAE, Izidoro JC (2006) Remediaçao da drenagem ácida de mina usando zeolitas sintetizadas a partir de cinzas leves de carvão. Quim Nova 29:735–740. (In Portuguese)
Galhardi JA, García-Tenorio R, Bonotto DM, Díaz Francés I, Motta JG (2017) Natural radionuclides in plants, soils and sediments affected by U-rich coal mining activities in Brazil.
J Environ Radioact 177:37–47
Biogeochemistry of Uranium in Tropical Environments
Carreras HA, Wannaz ED, Pignata ML (2009) Assessment of human health risk related to metals
by the use of biomonitors in the province of Cordoba, Argentina. Environ Pollut 157:117–122
Catalano JF, Brown JRG (2005) Uranyl adsorption onto montmorillonite: evaluation of binding
sites and carbonate complexation. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 69:2995–3005
Chapman PM (2008) Environmental risks of inorganic metals and metalloids: a continuing, evolving scientific odyssey. Human Ecol Risk Assess 14:5–40
Chapman NA, McKinley IG, Penna Franca E, Shea ME, Smellie JAT (1992) The Poços de Caldas
project: an introduction and summary of its implications for radioactive waste disposal.
J Geochem Explor 45:1–24
Charles AL, Markich SJ, Stauber JL, De Filippis LF (2002) The effect of water hardness on the
toxicity of uranium to a tropical freshwater alga (Chlorella sp.). Aquat Toxicol 60:61–73
Chen C, Zhao K, Shang J, Liu C, Wang J, Yan Z, Liu K, Wu W (2018) Uranium (VI) transport in saturated heterogeneous media: influence of kaolinite and humic acid. Environ Pollut
240:219–226
Cheng KL, Hogan AC, Parry DL, Markich SJ, Harford AJ, van Dam RA (2010) Uranium toxicity
and speciation during chronic exposure to the tropical freshwater fish, Mogurnda mogurnda.
Chemosphere 79:547–554
Cordeiro C, Favas PJC, Pratas J, Sarkar SK, Venkatachalam P (2016) Uranium accumulation in
aquatic macrophytes in an uraniferous region: relevance to natural attenuation. Chemosphere
156:76–87
Croteau MN, Fuller CC, Cain DJ, Campbell KM, Aiken G (2016) Biogeochemical controls of
uranium bioavailability from the dissolved phase in natural freshwaters. Environ Sci Technol
50:8120–8127
Cunha CSM, Silva YJAB, Escobar MEO, Nascimento CWA (2018) Spatial variability and geochemistry of rare earth elements in soils from the largest uranium–phosphate deposit of Brazil.
Environ Geochem Health 40:1629–1643
Drozdzak J, Leermakers M, Gao Y, Elskens M, Phrommavanh V, Descostes M (2016) Uranium
aqueous speciation in the vicinity of the former uranium mining sites using the diffusive gradients in thin films and ultrafiltration techniques. Anal Chim Acta 913:94–103
Ehlken S, Kirchner G (2002) Environmental processes affecting plant root uptake of radioactive
trace elements and variability of transfer factor data: a review. J Environ Radioact 58:97–112
Eismann CE, Menegário AA, Gemeiner H, Williams PN (2018) Predicting trace metal exposure in
aquatic ecosystems: evaluating DGT as a biomonitoring tool. Exp Health 1–13
Favas PJC, Pratas J, Varun M, D’Souza R, Paul MS (2014) Accumulation of uranium by aquatic
plants in field conditions: prospects for phytoremediation. Sci Total Environ 470-471:993–1002
Favas P, Pratas J, Mitra S, Sarkar SK, Venkatachalam P (2016) Biogeochemistry of uranium in
the soil-plant and water-plant systems in an old uranium mine. Sci Total Environ 568:350–368
Ferrari CR, Do Nascimento HDAF, Rodgher S, Almeida T, Bruschi AL, Nascimento MRL,
Bonifácio RL (2017) Effects of the discharge of uranium mining effluents on the water quality of the reservoir: an integrative chemical and ecotoxicological assessment. Sci Rep 7:1–10
Flues M, Camargo IMC, Silva PSC, Mazzilli BP (2006) Radioactivity of coal and ashes from
Figueira coal power plant in Brazil. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 270:597–602
Fortin C, Dutel L, Garnier-Laplace J (2002) Establishing links between uranium aqueous speciation and uptake by a unicellular alga. Radioprotection 37:593–598
Francis AJ (1990) Microbial dissolution and stabilization of toxic metals and radionuclides in
mixed wastes. Experientia 46:840–851
Franklin NM, Stauber JL, Markich SJ, Lim RP (2000) pH-dependent toxicity of copper and uranium to a tropical freshwater alga (Chlorella sp.). Aquat Toxicol 48:275–289
Fungaro DAE, Izidoro JC (2006) Remediaçao da drenagem ácida de mina usando zeolitas sintetizadas a partir de cinzas leves de carvão. Quim Nova 29:735–740. (In Portuguese)
Galhardi JA, García-Tenorio R, Bonotto DM, Díaz Francés I, Motta JG (2017) Natural radionuclides in plants, soils and sediments affected by U-rich coal mining activities in Brazil.
J Environ Radioact 177:37–47
Biogeochemistry of Uranium in Tropical Environments