Soil metal concentrations and productivity of Betula populifolia (gray birch) as measured by field spectrometry and incremental annual growth in an abandoned urban Brownfield in New Jersey

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 699-706

  Gallagher, Frank J ^a   Pechmann, Ildiko ^b   Bogden, John D ^c   Grabosky, Jason ^a   Weis, Peddrick ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Betula populifolia; Brownfield; Metal tolerance; Plant productivity; Remote sensing techniques

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LEAD; PARKS; PORPHYRINS; REMOTE SENSING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSORS; SOILS; SPACE OPTICS; TRANSITION METALS; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BETULA POPULIFOLIA; BROWNFIELD; METAL TOLERANCE; PLANT PRODUCTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES;

METALS;

CHLOROPHYLL; ZINC;

ABANDONED LAND; BROWNFIELD SITE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; METAL; NDVI; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL QUALITY; SPECTROMETRY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIRCH; LEAF TISSUE; PLANT GROWTH; SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

BETULA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; METALS; NEW JERSEY; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TIME FACTORS;

ARSENIC; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLLS; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; PRODUCTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SOIL;

JERSEY CITY; LIBERTY STATE PARK; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BETULA POPULIFOLIA;

EID: 55649112242     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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