Heavy metal sorption by aquatic plants in Taiwan

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 497-504

  Lee, C L ^a   Wang, T C ^b   Hsu, C H ^a   Chiou, A A ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; NONHUMAN; TAIWAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

ABSORPTION; CADMIUM; COPPER; FRESH WATER; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PLANTS; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

EID: 0031727092     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900790     Document Type: Article

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