Iron, zinc, copper, lead and cadmium contents in Ruppia maritima from a Mediterranean coastal lagoon: Monthly variation and distribution in different plant fractions

Botanica Marina

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 320-330

  Malea, Paraskevi ^a   Boubonari, Theodora ^b   Kevrekidis, Theodoros ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Aquatic macrophyte; Associated factors; Metal; Metal cycling

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CADMIUM; COASTAL LAGOON; COPPER; GROWING SEASON; IRON; LEAD; MACROPHYTE; RHIZOME; ROOT SYSTEM; SEAGRASS; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSLOCATION; ZINC;

AEGEAN SEA; EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; EVROS; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MONOLIMNI LAGOON; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RUPPIA MARITIMA;

EID: 49949101451     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2008.033     Document Type: Article

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