Evaluation of tolerance limits for restoration and phytoremediation with Spartina alterniflora in crude oil-contaminated coastal salt marshes

International Oil Spill Conference - IOSC 2008, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 869-874

  Lin, Qianxin ^a   Mendelssohn, Irving A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65249165957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.7901/2169-3358-2008-1-869     Document Type: Conference Paper

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