The use of X-ray fluorescence spectrometry for the analysis of plants, especially lichens, employed in biological monitoring

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 176, Issue 1-3, 1995, Pages 97-105

  Richardson, D H S ^a   Shore, M ^b   Hartree, R ^b   Richardson, R M ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Lichens; Trace elements; XRF

Indexed keywords

LICHEN; NUTRIENT; PLANT ANALYSIS; TRACE METAL; XRF SPECTROMETRY;

IRON; LEAD; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONFERENCE PAPER; LICHEN; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0029416108     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04835-9     Document Type: Article

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