Trace metal uptake by the grass Melinis repens from roadside soils and sediments, tropical Australia

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1651-1662

  Pratt, C ^a,b   Lottermoser, B G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia; Bioavailability; Melinis repens; Metals; Traffic

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; MELINIS REPENS; ROAD EDGE SOILS; TRACE METAL UPTAKE;

CATCHMENTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TISSUE;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FOOD CHAIN; GRASS; HERBIVORE; LEACHING; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE METAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

MELINIS REPENS; POACEAE;

EID: 34447623702     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0610-9     Document Type: Article

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