Metal dynamics of plant litter of Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis in metal-contaminated salt marshes. Part 1: Patterns of decomposition and metal uptake

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1520-1528

  Windham, Lisamarie ^a   Weis, Judith S ^b   Weis, Peddrick ^c  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Detritus; Metals; Salt marsh; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; DECOMPOSITION; LEAD; SEDIMENTS; TISSUE; ZINC;

LEAVES; METAL DYNAMICS; RESTORED SITES (RS); STEMS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHROMIUM; LEAD; METAL DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; HEAVY METAL; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; DYNAMICS; MASS; NONHUMAN; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT LITTER; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT MARSH; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENESCENCE; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; WETLAND;

CHROMIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; ZINC;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 33646505928     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-284     Document Type: Article

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