Organic acids in the sediments of wetlands dominated by Phragmites australis: Evidence of phytotoxic concentrations

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 303-315

  Čížková, Hana ^a   Brix, Hans ^b   Kopecký, Jiří ^c   Lukavská, Jaroslava ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Anaerobic conditions; Decomposition; Di and tricarboxylic acids; Monocarboxylic acids; Phragmites australis; Reed decline

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; MALIC ACID; OXALIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; TARTARIC ACID;

GROWTH; ORGANIC ACID; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0344979752     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(99)00058-3     Document Type: Article

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