Copper and lead concentrations in salt marsh plants on the Suir Estuary, Ireland

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-74

  Fitzgerald, E J ^a   Caffrey, J M ^b   Nesaratnam, S T ^c   McLoughlin, P ^a  

^a South East Technological University   (Ireland)

^b Central Fisheries Board Ireland   (Ireland)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aster tripolium; Metals; Plants; Salt marsh; Soil

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LEAD; MONITORING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTS;

MARSH ZONE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

COPPER; LEAD;

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOACCUMULATION; COPPER; LEAD; SALINITY; SALTMARSH;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; IRELAND; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SALINITY; SALT MARSH; SEDIMENT;

ASTER PLANT; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRELAND; LEAD; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS; SEAWATER;

IRELAND;

ASTER; ASTER TRIPOLIUM; DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA; SCHOENOPLECTUS; SCHOENOPLECTUS TABERNAEMONTANI; SPARTINA; TRIPOLIUM;

EID: 0242500917     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00366-4     Document Type: Article

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