Lead stress in seedlings of Avicennia marina, a common mangrove species in South China, with and without cotyledons

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-118

  Yan, Zhong Zheng ^a   Ke, Lin ^a   Tam, Nora Fung Yee ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Malondialdehyde; Mangroves; Peroxidase activity; Sugar content

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; BIOACCUMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; LEAD; MANGROVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOMASS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SUGAR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 71349083073     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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