Revegetation of lead/zinc mine tailings at shaoguan, guandong province, China: phytotoxicity of the tailings

Studies in Environmental Science

Volumn 66, Issue C, 1997, Pages 119-130

  Lan, C Y ^a   Shu, W S ^a   Wong, M H ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biomass; Root elongation; Root:shoot ratio; Tolerance index

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956802426     PISSN: 01661116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-1116(97)80039-8     Document Type: Article

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