Variability of metal contents in the sea rush Juncus maritimus-estuarine sediment system through one year of plant's life

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 424-438

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Estuarine sediment; Metals; Phytostabilization; Rhizosphere; Salt marsh plants; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ESTUARIES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS; TISSUE;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; PHYTOSTABILIZATION]; RHIZOSPHERE; SALT MARSH PLANTS; SEASONALITY;

SEDIMENTS;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FERROUS ION; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; ESTUARY; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AUTUMN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTUARY; JUNCUS MARITIMUS; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PORTUGAL; RHIZOME; RHIZOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; WATER FLOW; WINTER;

ALUMINUM; ANGIOSPERMS; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT COMPONENTS; SEASONS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DOURO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

JUNCUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 33646112375     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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