Lead transport into Bayou Trepagnier wetlands in Louisiana, USA

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 758-765

  Devall, Margaret S ^a   Thien, Leonard B ^b   Ellgaard, Erik ^b   Flowers, George ^b  

^a CENTER FOR BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; METAL ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; POLLUTION; REFINING; SOILS; WETLANDS;

BALDCYPRESS TREES; HEAVILY POLLUTED BANK; SPOIL BANKS; SUBSEQUENT DREDGINGS;

LEAD;

LEAD;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; METAL RECOVERY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SWAMP; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM; TREE; TREE GROWTH; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

CUPRESSUS; LEAD; LOUISIANA; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 33646544075     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0217     Document Type: Article

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