Water Quality for Wyoming Livestock & Wildlife - Coming Soon!
Water Quality for Wyoming Livestock & Wildlife - Coming Soon!
Water Quality for Wyoming Livestock & Wildlife - Coming Soon!
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
5 MolybdenumMolybdenum (Mo), an essential trace element required<strong>for</strong> nitrogen fixation and the reduction of nitrate tonitrite in plants and bacteria, is widely distributed innature. 214 Geochemical surveys in England found thatMo content in soil and sediment corresponds closelyto underlying black shales. 215 Other sources of Mo inthe environment include industrial contamination bymetal alloy manufacturing, copper mining, and coalmining. 216-221 Molybdenum occurs predominately asthe molybdate (MoO 42-) ion in natural water sources,and concentrations are typically very low (