BOTANICAL DIVERSITY AND HEAVY METAL CONTENT IN THE RESIDUE MATRIX AND PLANTS AT THE MORAVIA DUMP IN MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA DIVERSIDAD BOTÁNICA Y CONTENIDO DE METALES PESADOS EN LA MATRIZ DE RESIDUOS Y LAS PLANTAS EN EL BASURERO DE MORAVIA EN MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA

BOTANICAL DIVERSITY AND HEAVY METAL CONTENT IN THE RESIDUE MATRIX AND PLANTS AT THE MORAVIA DUMP IN MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA DIVERSIDAD BOTÁNICA Y CONTENIDO DE METALES PESADOS EN LA MATRIZ DE RESIDUOS Y LAS PLANTAS EN EL BASURERO DE MORAVIA EN MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA

. Floristic characterization, plant tissue and residue matrix (RM) analysis were conducted to establish the extent of heavy metal (HM) pollution of the Moravia dump at Medellín, Colombia, a site that was inhabited by more than 17000 people since 1984. More than 65 plant species (28 families) were id...

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Main Authors: Maria Solange Sanchez Pinzón, Álvaro Cogollo Pacheco, Catalina Arroyave Quiceno, Rubén Darío Torrenegra Guerrero, Ángel Maria Giraldo Mejía, Rolando Barahona Rosales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín 2010-06-01
Series:Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín
Subjects:
Metales pesados
contaminación
revegetación
residuos
flora nativa.
Heavy metal
pollution
revegetation
waste
wild flora
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