Seasonal changes in concentration and distribution of heavy metals in creosotebush, Larrea tridentata (zygophyllaceae), tissues in the El Paso, TX/Ciudad Juarez, Mexico area

SIDA, Contributions to Botany

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 287-296

  Mackay, William P ^a   Mena, Richard ^a   Pingitore Jr , Nicholas E ^a   Redetzke, Keith ^a   Freeman, C Edward ^a   Newman, Harold ^a   Gardea, John ^a   Navarro, Hector ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

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LARREA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0031728397     PISSN: 00361488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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