Accumulation of lead, zinc, copper and cadmium by 12 wetland plant species thriving in metal-contaminated sites in China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-40

  Deng, H ^a   Ye, Z H ^a,b   Wong, M H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Metal accumulation; Metal tolerance; Wetland plants

Indexed keywords

METAL ACCUMULATION; WETLAND PLANTS;

CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

WETLANDS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; PENTETIC ACID; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; SOIL POLLUTION; TOLERANCE; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EQUISETUM; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; METAL EXTRACTION; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT NUTRIENT; PLANT TISSUE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND;

CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEAD; PENTETIC ACID; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EQUISETUM; JUNCUS; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; LEERSIA HEXANDRA;

EID: 3242746619     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.03.030     Document Type: Article

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