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FAQs for Product: Ecohydrology - Vegetation Function, Water and Resource Management (360 page book)

1. Would the book have any information about Melaleuca Bracteata - Black Tee Trees in the Queensland region of Australia. What metals they would absorb from containminated water courses and what would be the side effects or outcome. Are there certain tests that could be analysised on the trees to see what they have absorbed? (Posted: 16th May, 2010)


Qiestion & Answers for Product: Ecohydrology - Vegetation Function, Water and Resource Management (360 page book)

Q. Would the book have any information about Melaleuca Bracteata - Black Tee Trees in the Queensland region of Australia. What metals they would absorb from containminated water courses and what would be the side effects or outcome. Are there certain tests that could be analysised on the trees to see what they have absorbed? (Posted: 16th May, 2010)
A. Ecohydrology tends to focus more on groundwater flow and plant water absorption and dependancy rather than metal absorption. The following journal articles may help lead you in the right direction:
Revegetation of mine wastes at Mt. Isa, Queensland - http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9750803.htm
Making the life of heavy metal-stressed plants a little easier - http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/FP05016.htm
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