Abundance and distribution of selected elements in soils, stream sediments, and selected forage plants from desert tortoise habitats in the Mojave and Colorado deserts, USA

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages 35-87

  Chaffee, M A ^a   Berry, K H ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Western Ecological Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Contaminants; Geochemistry; Gopherus agassizii; Plants; Sediments; Soils

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TURTLE;

COLORADO DESERT; MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; SAUROMALUS ATER; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 33845225566     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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