Interacting effects of sulphate pollution, sulphide toxicity and eutrophication on vegetation development in fens: A mesocosm experiment

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2072-2081

  Geurts, Jeroen J M ^a   Sarneel, Judith M ^b   Willers, Bart J C ^a   Roelofs, Jan G M ^a   Verhoeven, Jos T A ^b   Lamers, Leon P M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Eutrophication; Fens; Sulphate pollution; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC MACROPHYTES; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; FENS; MACROPHYTES; MESOCOSM; MESOCOSMS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITIES; NUTRIENT REDUCTIONS; SULPHATE POLLUTION; SULPHIDE CONCENTRATIONS; TERRESTRIALIZATION; TOXIC COMPOUNDS; WATER LAYERS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; NUTRIENTS; POLLUTION; TOXICITY; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

EUTROPHICATION;

SULFATE; SULFIDE;

ALKALINITY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COLONIZATION; DOMINANCE; EUTROPHICATION; FEN; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PEATLAND; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFATES; SULFIDES; WETLANDS;

EID: 67349276361     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.02.024     Document Type: Article

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