Saline variability at ground level after kriging data from Ramalina spp. biomonitors

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 232, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 3-11

  Figueira, R ^a,b   Sousa, A J ^b   Pacheco, A M G ^b   Catarino, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAS   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Epiphytic lichens; Geostatistics; Kriging; Space time variability; Tropospheric salinity

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BIOMONITORING; DEPOSITION; KRIGING; SALT;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONFERENCE PAPER; LICHENS; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEASHORE; STATISTICS; TROPOSPHERE;

PORTUGAL;

RAMALINA;

EID: 0032767169     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00104-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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