Tree rings, Populus nigra L., as mercury data logger in aquatic environments: Case study of an historically contaminated environment

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-299

  Abreu, S N ^a   Soares, A M V M ^a   Nogueira, A J A ^a   Morgado, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquatic environment; Data logger; Dendrochemistry; Mercury; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DATA LOGGERS; DENDROCHEMISTRY; MERCURY EMISSIONS; TREE RINGS;

CONTAMINATION; EMISSION CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MERCURY (METAL);

FORESTRY;

MERCURY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ASPEN; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POPULUS NIGRA; TREE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; POPULUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MERCURY; POLLUTION; TREES;

POPULUS NIGRA;

EID: 45449110204     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9366-0     Document Type: Article

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