Factors affecting metal concentrations in reed plants (Phragmites australis) of intertidal marshes in the Scheldt estuary

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 310-318

  Du Laing, G ^a   Van de Moortel, A M K ^a   Moors, W ^a   De Grauwe, P ^a   Meers, E ^a   Tack, F M G ^a   Verloo, M G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Metal; Phragmites australis; Plant uptake; Reed; Salinity; Schelde; Scheldt; Sediment; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHROMIUM; CLAY MINERALS; COPPER; LEAD; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WETLANDS; ZINC;

BIOAVAILABILITY; METAL; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT UPTAKE; REED; SALINITY; SCHELDE; SCHELDT; SEDIMENT; WETLAND;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MARSH; METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WETLAND;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 59149092395     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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