Growing up green on serpentine soils: Biogeochemistry of serpentine vegetation in the Central Coast Range of California

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3391-3403

  Oze, Christopher ^a   Skinner, Catherine ^b   Schroth, Andrew W ^c   Coleman, Robert G ^d  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHROMIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; VEGETATION; WEATHERING;

CALIFORNIA; CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GROUND TISSUES; ION SUPPRESSIONS; ION UPTAKES; LIMITING FACTORS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; PLANT GROWTHS; PLANT SYSTEMS; RESEARCH SUPPORTS; SERPENTINE SOILS; SERPENTINITES; SOIL PH; SPIDER DIAGRAMS; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; VEGETATIVE GROWTHS; WATER AVAILABILITIES;

SOILS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CHERT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIMITING FACTOR; MAGNESIUM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SERPENTINE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARANEAE;

EID: 56349138035     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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