Iron biogeochemistry and its environmental impacts in freshwater lakes

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1339-1345

  Xing, Wei ^a   Liu, Guihua ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Freshwater lakes; Iron biogeochemistry; Iron speciation; Iron uptake mechanisms; Size fractionated iron

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRON; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIMNOLOGY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 79959616914     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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