Accumulation of heavy metals in food plants and grasshoppers from the Taigetos Mountains, Greece

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-91

  Devkota, B ^a   Schmidt, G H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Bioaccumulation factors; Cd; Grasshoppers; Heavy metals; Hg; Pb

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; INSECT; PLANT;

GREECE;

ACRIDIDAE; CALLIPTAMUS; CALLIPTAMUS ITALICUS; CHORTHIPPUS; CHORTHIPPUS CRASSICEPS; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; OEDIPODA; OEDIPODA CAERULESENS; OEDIPODA GERMANICA;

EID: 0033971699     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(99)00110-3     Document Type: Article

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