A preliminary study of the factors affecting the kinetics of cadmium uptake by the liverwort Dumortiera hirsuta

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 332-336

  Mautsoe, Puseletso J ^a   Beckett, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; cadmium; heavy metal uptake; liverworts

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DUMORTIERA HIRSUTA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030433459     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30675-X     Document Type: Article

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