Metal biomonitoring with mosses in the surroundings of an oil-fired power plant in Italy

Chemosphere

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 729-733

  Genoni, Pietro ^a   Parco, Valentina ^a   Santagostino, Angela ^b  

^a Presidio Multizonale Igiene e Prev   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; METAL; MOSS; POWER PLANT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MOSS; SOIL POLLUTION;

BRYOPSIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; METALS; POWER PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ITALY;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0034103634     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00457-9     Document Type: Article

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