Phytotoxicity of floodplain soils contaminated with trace metals along the clark fork river, Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, Montana, United States

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1422-1432

  Rader, Brian R ^a,d   Nimmo, Del Wayne R ^b   Chapman, Phillip L ^c  

^a Graduate Degree Program in Ecology   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clark Fork River; Metals; Phytotoxicity; Seed germination tests; Soils

Indexed keywords

TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMINATION; GRASS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGROSTIS GIGANTEA; CERVIDAE; ECHINOCHLOA CRUS-GALLI;

EID: 0030795636     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1422:POFSCW>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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