Ecophysiological responses of the mangrove Avicennia marina to trace metal contamination

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-72

  Naidoo, Gonasageran ^a   Hiralal, Tisha ^a   Naidoo, Yougasphree ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Avicennia marina; Mangrove; Metal toxicity; Salt glands; Trace metal pollution; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MANGROVE; MARINA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; SEDIMENT; SOIL; TRACE METAL; ULTRAFILTRATION; X-RAY;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA;

EID: 84891829465     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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