Growth and heavy metal accumulation of Vetiveria zizanioides grown on lead/zinc mine tailings

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-50

  Yang, Bing ^a   Lan, Chong Yu ^a   Shu, Wen Sheng ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Mine tailings; Revegetation; Sequential extraction; Vetiveria zizanioides

Indexed keywords

VETIVER ZIZANIOIDES; VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES;

EID: 14844337076     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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