Copper tolerance testing in populations of Mimulus luteus var. variegatus exposed and non-exposed to copper mine pollution

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-156

  Ginocchio, R ^a   Toro, I ^a   Schnepf, D ^b   Macnair, M R ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Hatherly Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chile; Metal soil pollution; Pseudometallophytes; Smelters

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER MINES; METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SMELTING; VALUE ENGINEERING;

CHILE; COPPER TOLERANCE; ENDEMIC PLANT SPECIES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; PSEUDOMETALLOPHYTES; ROOT NUMBER AND LENGTH; SMELTERS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; MINING; SOIL POLLUTION; TOLERANCE;

CHILE;

MIMULUS (ANGIOSPERM); MIMULUS GUTTATUS; MIMULUS LUTEUS;

EID: 0036590635     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-787302-018     Document Type: Article

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