The role of herbicides in the erosion of salt marshes in eastern England

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-49

  Mason, C F ^a   Underwood, G J C ^a   Baker, N R ^a   Davey, P A ^a   Davidson, I ^b   Hanlon, A ^a   Long, S P ^a   Oxborough, K ^a   Paterson, D M ^b   Watson, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erosion; Herbicides; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; EROSION; HERBICIDES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION;

DIATOMS; SURFACE SEDIMENT STABILITY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CARBON; HERBICIDE; SIMAZINE; SEA WATER;

EROSION; GROWTH; HERBICIDE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALTMARSH;

ALGAL GROWTH; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CARBON FIXATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIATOM; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALT MARSH; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GOOSEFOOT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLUMBAGINACEAE; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; LIMONIUM VULGARE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHENOPODIACEAE; DIATOMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENGLAND; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HERBICIDES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLUMBAGINACEAE; SEAWATER; SIMAZINE; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0038485729     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00284-1     Document Type: Article

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