Biomonitoring for metal contamination near two Superfund sites in Woburn, Massachusetts, using phytochelatins

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-135

  Gawel, James E ^a   Hemond, Harold F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberjona River; Bioindicator; Groundwater; Heavy metal; Phytochelatin

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESSES;

BIOMONITORING; METAL CONTAMINATION;

WATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; METAL; PHYTOCHELATIN;

BIOINDICATOR; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTAMINATION; FLOW RATE; PLANT LEAF; RIVER; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GLUTATHIONE; MASSACHUSETTS; METALLOPROTEINS; METALS; PLANT LEAVES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ABERJONA RIVER; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WOBURN [MASSACHUSETTS];

ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES; BETULA; BETULA POPULIFOLIA; FRANGULA; FRANGULA ALNUS; RHAMNUS;

EID: 3042626644     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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