Assessment of Avicennia schaueriana, Laguncularia racemosa e Rhizophora mangle plant species as bioindicator of heavy metal pollution in mangrove environments;Avaliação das espécies de plantas Avicennia schaueriana, Laguncularia racemosa e Rhizophora mangle como bioindicadoras de poluição por metais pesados em ambientes de mangues

Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 440-445

  Ramos, Miriam Gonçalves Martins ^a,b   Geraldo, Luiz Paulo ^b,c,d  

^a Bióloga ^*

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF SANTOS   (Brazil)

^c Universidade Católica de Santo

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrometry; Cubat o River; Environment; Heavy metals; Mangrove plants

Indexed keywords

AVICENNIA; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE;

EID: 42149187045     PISSN: 14134152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-41522007000400011     Document Type: Article

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