Heavy metal contamination of spontaneous vegetation and soil around the copper smelter "legnica

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 1993, Pages 53-57

  Rebele, Franz ^a   Surma, Anna ^a   Kuznik, Christian ^a   Bornkamm, Reinhard ^a   Brej, Teresa ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coppcr smelter; Heavy metals; Plant migration; Soil contamination; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988642916     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: 20839480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5586/asbp.1993.010     Document Type: Article

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