A comparative investigation of the effects of south Louisiana crude oil on the vegetation of fresh, brackish and salt marshes

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 202-209

  Lin, Qianxin ^a   Mendelssohn, Irving A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PETROLEUM; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DOSE RESPONSE; ESTUARY; GROWTH INHIBITION; LABORATORY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; SOIL; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION;

SAGITTARIA LANCIFOLIA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA PATENS; ALISMATACEAE;

BIOMASS; CRUDE OIL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARSHES; OIL POLLUTION; SALTMARSH;

EID: 0029751820     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-326X(95)00118-7     Document Type: Article

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