Effects of air pollution on cell membrane integrity, spectral reflectance and metal and sulfur concentrations in lichens

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1396-1402

  Garty, Jacob ^a   Cohen, Yehudith ^a   Kloog, Nehama ^a   Karnieli, Arnon ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll degradation; Element concentration; Membrane integrity; Ramalina duriaei; Reflectance response

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFUR;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; LICHENS; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

RAMALINA; RAMALINA DURIAEI;

EID: 0030788720     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1396:EOAPOC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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