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heavy metal pollution — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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heavy metal pollution

Scope: general ecology

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

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Knowledge graph centered on heavy metal pollution with 65 nodes and 134 connections. Top connected: Hummingbird, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium.

Definition

Environmental contamination by toxic metals such as lead, arsenic, nickel, zinc, and cadmium from mining operations

Related Terms (2)

metal contaminationmine contamination

Publications (2)

student_paper

A comparative study of plant species diversity on three historic mining sites

2011framework

student_paper

Effect of Soil Metals on Pollination of Subalpine Wildflowers

2008central

heavy metal pollution

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 65 entities)

Definition

Related Terms (2)

Publications (2)

A comparative study of plant species diversity on three historic mining sites

Effect of Soil Metals on Pollination of Subalpine Wildflowers

Related Concepts (8)

hyperaccumulation

species diversity

metal pollution

ecological restoration

mine tailings

plant-pollinator mutualism

phytoremediation

ecological speciation

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