Tree-ring elemental concentrations in oak do not necessarily passively record changes in bioavailability

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 275-286

  Bukata, Andrew R ^a   Kyser, T Kurtis ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Dendrogeochemistry; LA ICP MS; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; NUTRIENTS; PH EFFECTS; SOILS;

CARBON ISOTOPES; DENDROGEOCHEMISTRY; NUTRIENT ELEMENTS; TREE-RING;

FORESTRY;

BARIUM; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; STRONTIUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PH; TREE RING;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; OAK; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; ONTARIO; QUERCUS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES;

FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; SOIL; TREES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 36549052994     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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