Selenium concentrations in water and plant tissues of a newly formed arid wetland in Las Vegas, Nevada

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 447-457

  Pollard, James ^a   Cizdziel, James ^a   Stave, Krystyna ^a   Reid, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Arid wetlands; Ecological risk; Environmental assessment; LasVegas; Selenium; Toxicity; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SELENIUM; TOXICITY; WETLANDS;

AQUATIC PLANTS; ARID WETLANDS; ECOLOGICAL RISK; SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS; WILDLIFE;

ARID REGIONS;

SELENIUM;

AQUATIC PLANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; SELENIUM; TOXICITY; WETLAND;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; FLOWER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TISSUE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOOT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; TOXICOKINETICS; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WETLAND; WILDLIFE;

CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; NEVADA; PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SELENIUM; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

LAS VEGAS; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

NAJAS MARINA;

EID: 36248998142     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9664-8     Document Type: Article

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