Effect of pollutants emitted by different urban-industrial sources on the chemical response of the transplanted Ramalina ecklonii (Spreng.) Mey. and Flot.

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 61-73

  Gonzalez C M ^a   Pignata, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomonitoring; Ramalina ecklonii

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL RESPONSE; CONJUGATED DIENE; HYDROPEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; SULFUR; TRANSPLANTATION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EXHAUST GASES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POWER PLANTS; SULFUR;

POLLUTION INDEX;

AIR POLLUTION;

BIOMONITORING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; POLLUTION MONITORING;

RAMALINA; RAMALINA ECKLONII;

EID: 0032957296     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772249909358688     Document Type: Article

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