The impact of red mud on growth of wetland vegetation and substrate fertility

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-14

  Kong, T ^a   Mendelssohn, Irving A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Plant growth; Red mud; Sagittaria lancifolia; Spartina alterniflora; Substrate fertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444507943     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01876131     Document Type: Article

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