Can laboratory toxicity tests explain the pattern of field communities of algae, plants, and invertebrates along a toxicity gradient of post-mining sites?

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-121

  Frouz, Jan ^a,b   Hrčková, Kristýna ^b,c   Lána, Jan ^d   Krištůfek, Václav ^b   Mudrák, Ondřej ^b,c   Lukešová, Alena ^b   Mihaljevič, Martin ^e  

^a Environmental Centre   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Environmental assay; Heavy metal ecotoxicity; Remediation; Soil algae; Soil fauna; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CANDIDA; ENCHYTRAEUS CRYPTICUS; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; INVERTEBRATA; SINAPIS; SINAPIS ALBA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 80053487748     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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