Reliability of moss (Hylocomium splendens and Pleurozium schreberi) as a bioindicator of atmospheric chemistry in the Barents region: Interspecies and field duplicate variability

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 218, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 123-139

  Halleraker, J H ^a,d   Reimann, C ^a   De Caritat, P ^a,e   Finne, T E ^a   Kashulina, G ^a,f   Niskaavaara, H ^b   Bogatyrev, I ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Kola Geol Info Laboratory Centre   (Russian Federation)

^d SINTEF   (Norway)

^e GPO Box 378 ^*  (Australia)

^f GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bryophyte; Deposition; Ecogeochemistry; European Arctic; Heavy metal; Kola peninsula; Smelting industry; Trace element

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEAVY METAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; MOSS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; MOSS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICS;

ARCTIC;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; KOLA; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI;

EID: 0032581356     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00205-8     Document Type: Article

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