Fine root decomposition and cycling of Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn at forest sites near smelters in sudbury, ON, and Rouyn-Noranda, QU, Canada

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-53

  Johnson, Dallas ^b   Hale, Beverley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Canada; Cu; Forests; Ni; Pb; Root decomposition; Smelters; Zn

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349092773     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030701790447     Document Type: Article

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