Do plants modulate biomass allocation in response to petroleum pollution?

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 811-814

  Nie, Ming ^a,b   Yang, Qiang ^a   Jiang, Li Fen ^a   Fang, Chang Ming ^a   Chen, Jia Kuan ^a,b   Li, Bo ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Petroleum pollution; Photosynthesis; Phragmites australis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MONOCOTYLEDON; PETROLEUM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL RESPIRATION;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 78349308353     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0261     Document Type: Article

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