Myriophyllum spicatum and najas marina as bioindicators of trace element contamination in lakes

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 421-426

  Grudnik, Zdenka Mazej ^a   Germ, Mateja ^b  

^a Environmental Research and Industrial Co operation Institute   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOINDICATOR; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; MACROPHYTE; MINING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SHOOT; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

SLOVENIA;

MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; NAJAS MARINA;

EID: 77956026977     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2010.9664385     Document Type: Article

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