Forest floor leachate fluxes under six different tree species on a metal contaminated site

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-107

  Van Nevel, Lotte ^a   Mertens, Jan ^b   De Schrijver, An ^a   Baeten, Lander ^a   De Neve, Stefaan ^a   Tack, Filip M G ^a   Meers, Erik ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Base cations; DOC; Forest floor leachate; Phytostabilization; Trace metals; Tree species

Indexed keywords

BASE CATIONS; DOC; LEACHATES; PHYTOSTABILIZATION; TRACE METAL; TREE SPECIES;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; LEACHING; METALS; POSITIVE IONS; SOILS; ZINC;

FORESTRY;

CADMIUM; METAL; ZINC;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CADMIUM; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISPERSION; LEACHATE; LYSIMETER; METAL; SANDY SOIL; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL PROFILE; TRACE METAL; TREE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BETULA PENDULA; BIRCH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUGLAS FIR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEACHING; LEAF LITTER; NONHUMAN; OAK; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POPULUS TREMULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUERCUS PETRAEA; QUERCUS ROBUR; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; SCOTS PINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; BETULA; CADMIUM; CARBON; OLIGOCHAETA; PINUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT LEAVES; POPULUS; PSEUDOTSUGA; QUERCUS; ROBINIA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES; ZINC;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; POLLUTION; SOIL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STABILIZATION; TRACE ELEMENTS; TREES; ZINC;

BELGIUM;

EID: 84873271236     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.074     Document Type: Article

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