Distribution in Portugal of some pollutants in the lichen Parmelia sulcata

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 229-235

  Freitas, M C ^a   Reis, M A ^a   Alves, L C ^a   Wolterbeek, H Th ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b Interuniversity Reactor Institute Delft   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distribution; Lichen; Parmelia sulcata; Pollutants; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; OIL; SELENIUM; SULFUR; VANADIUM;

LICHEN; POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LICHEN; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PORTUGAL; SEASHORE; SOIL; TRAFFIC; TREE;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0032809882     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00071-8     Document Type: Article

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