Decreased transpiration in poplar trees exposed to 2,4,6- trinitrotoluene

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 902-906

  Thompson, Phillip T ^a   Ramer, Liz A ^b   Guffey, Aaron P ^b   Schnoor, Jerald L ^b  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Phytoremediation; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEATING; TREE; WASTE WATER;

POPULUS BEROLINENSIS;

EID: 0031949231     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0902:DTIPTE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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