Contents of heavy metal elements in copper mosses: Scopelophila ligulata, scopelophila cataractae, and mielichhoferia japonica and their substrates

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 835-842

  Aikawa, Yoshio ^a   Nagano, Iwao ^b   Sakamoto, Shunjiro ^c   Nishiyama, Masaya ^a   Matsumoto, Satoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c University of Tokyo   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copper moss; Mielichhoferia japonica; Scopelophila cataractae; Scopelophila ligulata; Substrate

Indexed keywords

MIELICHHOFERIA JAPONICA; SCOPELOPHILA CATARACTAE; SCOPELOPHILA LIGULATA;

EID: 0033388963     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.1999.10414332     Document Type: Article

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