Biomonitoring of air pollutants from traffic and industries employing Ramalina ecklonii (Spreng.) Mey. and Flot. in Córdoba, Argentina

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 269-277

  González, Claudia M ^a   Casanovas, Silvia S ^a   Pignata, María L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomonitoring; Lichen; Ramalina ecklonii

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; CHLOROPHYLL A; MALONALDEHYDE; PHEOPHYTIN; PROTEIN; SULFUR;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; LICHEN; TRAFFIC;

RAMALINA ECKLONII; RAMALINA;

AIR POLLUTANT; BIOMONITORING; VEHICLE EMISSION;

ARGENTINA, CORDOBA;

EID: 0029669407     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0269-7491(95)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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