Assessing the source of mercury in foliar tissue of quaking aspen

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2114-2119

  Frescholtz, Toby F ^a   Gustin, Mae S ^a   Schorran, David E ^b   Fernandez, George C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Foliar uptake; Mercury; Quaking aspen

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; TISSUE; VEGETATION;

ROOT CONCENTRATIONS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

AGROECOSYSTEM; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLIAGE; LEAF LITTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MERCURY; PLANT LEAVES; POPULUS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0012407004     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)022<2114:ATSOMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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