Mangroves and Their Response to a Heavy Metal Polluted Wetland in The North Coast of Puerto Rico

Peninsula La Esperanza is part of the San Juan Bay Estuary and located in the north coast of Puerto Rico. Mangroves are the predominant type of vegetation; that can exhibit diverse external and internal mechanisms allowing them to tolerate and to act as phytoremediators of heavy metals (HM) in surro...

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Main Authors: Marixa Maldonado-Román, Johannys Jiménez-Collazo, Karlo Malavé-Llamas, Juan C. Musa-Wasil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Brawijaya 2016-11-01
Series:Journal of Tropical Life Science
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Online Access:http://jtrolis.ub.ac.id/index.php/jtrolis/article/view/553