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Shrubs As Sentinels Of Ordnance Contamination: Using Plant Physiology And Remote Sensing To Detect Tnt In Soils, Kathryn Rubis
Shrubs As Sentinels Of Ordnance Contamination: Using Plant Physiology And Remote Sensing To Detect Tnt In Soils, Kathryn Rubis
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Methods for rapid, safe and effective detection of unmapped buried ordnance are vital to the protection of humans and environmental quality throughout the world. This study aimed to investigate the use of phytosensing and to understand the physiological response of woody plants to 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) contamination. Baccharis halimifolia were potted in soils containing various concentrations of TNT and physiological responses were observed over a 9-week experimental period. Measurements included the collection of remotely sensed data, such as hyperspectral reflectance and chlorophyll fluorescence, and traditional plant-level physiological data. In accordance with the hypothesis, low levels of TNT improved physiological response in …
Total Cadmium, Copper And Zinc In Two Dreissenid Mussels, Dreissena Polymorpha And Dreissena Bugensis, At The Outflow Of Lake Ontario, Carolyn Johns, Briana Timmerman
Total Cadmium, Copper And Zinc In Two Dreissenid Mussels, Dreissena Polymorpha And Dreissena Bugensis, At The Outflow Of Lake Ontario, Carolyn Johns, Briana Timmerman
Briana Eileen Timmerman
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