The effect of air pollution on the integrity of chlorophyll, spectral reflectance response, and on concentrations of nickel, vanadium, and sulfur in the lichen Ramalina duriaei (De Not.) Bagl.

Environmental Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 174-187

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

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FUEL; NICKEL; SULFUR; VANADIUM;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LICHEN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

RAMALINA; RAMALINA DURIAEI;

EID: 0031214218     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1997.3727     Document Type: Article

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