#hyperaccumulation

Mel Chin, Revival Field (1991-ongoing)

“As that last Dorito hangs—in midair—the epiphanic narrative surrounds it with a humorous recognition that this precarious sense of kinship between dirt and flesh may not only elevate dirt to the status of family member but, in this case, elevate the very substance of the self into something worthy of proper care and feeding” (Alaimo, 12)

Is hyperaccumulation of nickel worthwhile in non-serpentine soils?

Ni-hyperaccumulating species produce high-Ni litters and potentially influence important ecosystem processes such as decomposition. According to the elemental allelopathy hypothesis of hyperaccumulation, the restriction of the majority of metal hyperaccumulators in metaliferous soils may be dependent on litter decomposition. Litter mass remaining (LMR) in the mixed-species litterbags relative to…