Fluctuating asymmetry as an ecological indicator of heavy metal stress in Lythrum salicaria

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 189-195

  Mal, Tarun K ^a   Uveges, Joseph L ^a   Turk, Katherine W ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Ecological indicator; Lead; Pollution; Purple loosestrife

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142068087     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1470-160x(02)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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