The use of epilithic antarctic lichens (Usnea aurantiacoatra and U. antarctica) to determine deposition patterns of heavy metals in the Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 207, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 187-194

  Poblet, A ^a   Andrade, S ^b   Scagliola, M ^c   Vodopivez, C ^d   Curtosi, A ^d   Pucci, A ^b   Marcovecchio, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^c OSSE   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Bioindicator; Epilithic lichens; Heavy metal distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BIOMONITOR; HEAVY METAL; LICHEN; PRISTINE ENVIRONEMTN;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHENS; METALS, HEAVY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 0031588391     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00265-9     Document Type: Article

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