Germination and establishment of the invasive cordgrass Spartina densiflora in acidic and metal polluted sediments of the Tinto River

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1842-1848

  Curado, Guillermo ^a   Rubio Casal, Alfredo E ^a   Figueroa, Enrique ^a   Castillo, Jesús M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid; Alien species; Cordgrass; Heavy metal; Mine pollution; PH

Indexed keywords

ALIEN SPECIES; CORDGRASS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MINING AREAS; NATURAL LABORATORIES; POLLUTED SEDIMENTS; SPARTINA DENSIFLORA;

ACIDS; HEAVY METALS; METALS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ACID SOIL; GERMINATION; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEAVY METAL; INVASIVE SPECIES; MINE WASTE; PH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMINATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; MINING; PH; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER; SEA POLLUTION; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; SPARTINA DENSIFLORA;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMINATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; POACEAE; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANDALUCIA; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; RIO TINTO [(RVR) HUELVA]; SPAIN;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA DENSIFLORA;

EID: 77957121786     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.05.022     Document Type: Article

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