Comparison of element concentrations in fir and rhododendron leaves and twigs along an altitudinal gradient

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2608-2619

  Sun, Shou Qin ^a   Wu, Yan Hong ^a   Zhou, Jun ^a   Yu, Dong ^a   Luo, Ji ^a   Bing, Hai Jian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Macronutrients; Micronutrients; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; MACRONUTRIENTS; MICRONUTRIENTS; PLANT SAMPLES; TOXIC LEVELS; TURNING POINTS;

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; SODIUM; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SILVER; SODIUM; THALLIUM; THORIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH; LEAF; MOSS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOTOXICITY; POTASSIUM; SHRUB; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACRONUTRIENT; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT TWIG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODODENDRON;

ABIES; ALTITUDE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; RHODODENDRON; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHINA; GONGGA MOUNTAIN; SICHUAN;

ABIES; ABIES FABRI; BRYOPHYTA; RHODODENDRON;

EID: 80054102600     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.661     Document Type: Article

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