Antioxidant responses to simulated acid rain and heavy metal deposition in birch seedlings

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 249-258

  Koricheva, Julia ^a   Roy, Sashwati ^b,d   Vranjic, John A ^a,e   Haukioja, Erkki ^a   Hughes, Patrick R ^c   Hänninen, Osmo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Antioxidants; Betula pendula; Biochemical monitoring; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GUAIACOL; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL; PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ACID RAIN; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SIMULATION; TREE;

BETULA PENDULA; PENDULA;

EID: 0030951050     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(96)00071-1     Document Type: Article

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