Bioconcentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in roots of three mangrove species in Jiulong River Estuary

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 285-289

  Lu, Zhi Qiang ^a   Zheng, Wen Jiao ^a   Ma, Li ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration factors; Jiulong River Estuary; Mangrove; PAHs

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS; SOLUBILITY; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

BIOCONCENTRATION FACTORS; JIULONG RIVER ESTUARY; MANGROVE SEDIMENTS; MANGROVE SPECIES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; MANGROVE; PAH;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOPHORACEAE; RIVER; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT ROOTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RHIZOPHORACEAE; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUJIAN; JIULONG ESTUARY; WORLD;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; BRUGUIERA GYMNORRHIZA; KANDELIA CANDEL;

EID: 23944477146     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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