Effects of a copper smelter on a grassland community in the Puchuncavi Valley, Chile

Chemosphere

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 15-23

  Ginocchio, R ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COPPER; GRASSLAND; POLLUTION EFFECT; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; SMELTER; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

CHILE; COPPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

CHILE;

EID: 0034006891     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00385-9     Document Type: Article

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