Ecology for heavy metal pollution: Recent advances and future prospects

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 596-605

  Wang, Hong Bin ^a,b   Shu, Wen Sheng ^a   Lan, Chong Yu ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Combined pollution; Heavy metal; Pollution ecology; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 16244386579     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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