Contrastive analysis of heavy metals in lichens in alpine national parks in Alaska, Canada and Austria

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-78

  Bieber, Wolfgang ^a   Benetka, Edmund ^b   Türk, Roman ^c  

^a Mag Wolfgang BIEBER   (Austria)

^b Mag Edmund BENETKA ^*  (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Cadmium; Cetraria islandica; Heavy metals; Lead; Letharia sp.; Lichens

Indexed keywords

CETRARIA ISLANDICA; LETHARIA COLUMBIANA; LETHARIA VULPINA;

EID: 0032867915     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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