Accumulation, distribution and cellular partitioning of mercury in several halophytes of a contaminated salt marsh

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1348-1355

  Castro, Rita ^a   Pereira, Sofia ^a   Lima, Ana ^a   Corticeiro, Sofia ^a   Válega, Mónica ^a   Pereira, Eduarda ^a   Duarte, Armando ^a   Figueira, Etelvina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Mercury; Plant community; Salt marsh plants; Sediments; Translocation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOREMEDIATION; HISTOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; TISSUE;

ABOVE-GROUND TISSUES; ALLOCATION PATTERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; HALIMIONE PORTULACOIDES; MERCURY ACCUMULATION; PLANT COMMUNITIES; SALT MARSHES; TRANSLOCATION;

WETLANDS;

MERCURY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; HALOPHYTE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOBILITY; PARTITIONING; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRANSLOCATION;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HALOPHYTE; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; SALT MARSH; WATER CONTAMINATION;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; HALIMIONE PORTULACOIDES; JUNCUS MARITIMUS; LILIOPSIDA; SARCOCORNIA PERENNIS; TRIGLOCHIN MARITIMUM;

AMARANTHACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MERCURY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SALT-TOLERANT PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WETLANDS;

EID: 68549115167     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.06.033     Document Type: Article

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