Plant parts of the apple tree (Malus spp.) as possible indicators of heavy metal pollution

Ambio

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 501-512

  Tošić, Snežana ^a   Alagić, Slađana ^b   Dimitrijević, Mile ^b   Pavlović, Aleksandra ^a   Nujkić, Maja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Apple tree; Biomonitoring; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS FOREST; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TOLERANCE;

BOR; SERBIA;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

ARSENIC; HEAVY METAL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRUIT; MALUS; METABOLISM; MINING; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PROCEDURES; SERBIA; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRUIT; MALUS; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SERBIA; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 84951972894     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0742-9     Document Type: Article

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