Distribution patterns of spontaneous vegetation and pollution at a former decantation basin in southern Québec, Canada

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 385-390

  Desjardins, Dominic ^a   Nissim, Werther Guidi ^a   Pitre, Frédéric E ^a   Naud, Alexandre ^b   Labrecque, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distribution patterns; Partial redundancy analysis; Pollution; Remediation; Site specific; Spontaneous vegetation

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; PLANT DISTRIBUTIONS; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; POLLUTANT DISTRIBUTION; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; SITE-SPECIFIC;

PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REDUNDANCY; REMEDIATION; VEGETATION;

POLLUTION;

ABANDONED LAND; ABUNDANCE; BROWNFIELD SITE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GUIDELINE; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; PAH; PLANT COMMUNITY; REVEGETATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRACE METAL;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84893404404     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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