Mercury in leaf litter in typical suburban and urban broadleaf forests in China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2042-2048

  Niu, Zhenchuan ^a   Zhang, Xiaoshan ^a   Wang, Zhangwei ^a   Ci, Zhijia ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Broadleaf forests; Flux; Leaf litter; Mercury; Soil

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; BROADLEAF FOREST; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HG FLUX; LEAF LITTER; LEAF LITTERFALL; SUBURBAN SITES; SURFACE SOIL; URBAN FORESTS; URBAN SITE;

FLUXES; MERCURY (METAL); SOILS;

FORESTRY;

MERCURY;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS FOREST; EVERGREEN FOREST; LEAF LITTER; LITTERFALL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN FORESTRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CITY; PLANT LEAF; SOIL POLLUTANT; TREE;

CHINA; CITIES; MERCURY; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES;

FORESTRY; FORESTS; MERCURY; SOIL;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84255200494     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60669-9     Document Type: Article

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