Salt marsh macrophyte Phragmites australis strategies assessment for its dominance in mercury-contaminated coastal lagoon (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2879-2888

  Anjum, Naser A ^a   Ahmad, Iqbal ^a   Válega, Mónica ^a   Pacheco, Mário ^a   Figueira, Etelvina ^a   Duarte, Armando C ^a   Pereira, Eduarda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abundance; Exclusion; Mercury; Phragmites australis; Remediation; Sediments; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL LAGOON; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; GROWING SEASON; MACROPHYTE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; RHIZOSPHERE; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSLOCATION;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84871720925     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0794-3     Document Type: Article

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