Assessment of the toxicity of ash-loaded runoff from a recently burnt eucalypt plantation

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1889-1903

  Campos, I ^a   Abrantes, N ^a   Vidal, T ^a   Bastos, A C ^a   Goncalves F ^a   Keizer, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquatic species; Ash loaded runoff; Ecotoxicological effects; Eucalypt; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Wildfire impacts

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ASH; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MACROPHYTE; NAPHTHALENE; PAH; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RUNOFF; TOXICITY; TROPHIC LEVEL; WILDFIRE;

PORTUGAL;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA MAGNA; INVERTEBRATA; LEMNA MINOR; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 84868360893     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-012-0640-7     Document Type: Article

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