Increased sensitivity and variability of phytotoxicity responses in arctic soils to a reference toxicant, boric acid

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 720-726

  Anaka, Alison ^a   Wickstrom, Mark ^a   Siciliano, Steven Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Boric acid; Elymus lanceolatus; Phytotoxicity; Soils

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

BORIC ACIDS; ELYMUS LANCEOLATUS;

TOXICITY;

BORIC ACID;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CRYOTURBATION; GRASS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GRASS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BORIC ACIDS; CANADA; ELYMUS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SOIL;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

ELYMUS KRONOKENSIS SUBALPINUS; ELYMUS LANCEOLATUS;

EID: 40949101788     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-405.1     Document Type: Article

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