Growth and water and nitrate uptake patterns of grazed and ungrazed desert shrubs growing over a nitrate contamination plume

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-21

  McKeon, C ^a   Glenn, E P ^a   Waugh, W J ^b   Eastoe, C ^c   Jordan, F ^a   Nelson, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Temp US Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Atriplex canescens; Desert ecology; Nitrate; Phytoremediation; Revegetation; Sarcobatus vermiculatus; Stable isotopes; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; DESERT; GROWTH; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SHRUB; WATER UPTAKE;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS;

EID: 27644480079     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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