A field study of the ecotoxicology of copper to bryophytes

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-156

  Lepp, N W ^a   Salmon, D ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Copper; Ecotoxicology; Moss; Pollution

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GRASS; MOSS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032781150     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00080-9     Document Type: Article

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