Background levels of heavy metals in plants of different taxonomic groups from a montane rain forest in Sri Lanka

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 55-62

  Jayasekera, Ranjith ^a   Rossbach, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Heavy metals; Lichen; Montane forest; Primitive plants; Sri Lanka; Taxonomic groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542789709     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01771132     Document Type: Article

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