The role of a salt marsh plant on trace metal unavailability in sediments: Estimation by different chemical approaches

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 271-277

  Almeida, C Marisa R ^a   Mucha, Ana P ^a   Vasconcelos, Teresa S D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Enzymatic digestion; Estuarine sediments; Juncus maritimus; Metal availability; Salt marsh plants; Sequential extraction

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; SALTMARSH; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SEDIMENT;

ANGIOSPERMS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT ROOTS;

JUNCUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 24944526092     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2005.05.258     Document Type: Article

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