Phytoextraction of selected metals by the first and second growth seasons of spartina alterniflora

Instrumentation Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-28

  Nalla, Sridhar ^a   Hardaway, Carey J ^a   Sneddon, Joseph ^a  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

metals; phytoextraction; soils; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; LOUISIANA; PHYTOEXTRACTION; REAL SOILS; SECOND GROWTH; SELECTED METALS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; HARVESTING; IRON; METALS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84856265889     PISSN: 10739149     EISSN: 15256030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10739149.2011.633143     Document Type: Article

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