Uptake of heavy metals by living and dead Cladonia thalli

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-52

  Chettri, M K ^a,b   Sawidis, T ^a   Zachariadis, G A ^a   Stratis, J A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Cladonia convoluta; Cladonia rangiformis; Copper; Heavy metals; Lead; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CLADONIA; CLADONIA CONVOLUTA; CLADONIA RANGIFORMIS; CONVOLUTA; CONVOLUTA CONVOLUTA;

EID: 0030869948     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(96)01023-4     Document Type: Article

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