Arundo donax as a potential biomonitor of trace element contamination in water and sediment

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 80, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-27

  Bonanno, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arundo donax; Bioaccumulation; Biomonitors; Plant organs; Trace elements; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MACROPHYTE; PLANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSLOCATION; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; ARUNDO DONAX; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; SICILY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ITALY; SICILY;

ARUNDO DONAX;

EID: 84860508322     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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