Use of moss (Tortula muralis Hedw.) for monitoring organic and inorganic air pollution in urban and rural sites in Northern Italy

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 4069-4075

  Gerdol, Renato ^a   Bragazza, Luca ^a   Marchesini, Roberta ^a   Medici, Alessandro ^a   Pedrini, Paola ^a   Benedetti, Stefano ^b   Bovolenta, Alessandro ^b   Coppi, Simona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b ARPA Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

15N; Atmospheric deposition; Biomonitoring; Metals; Nitrogen isotopes; PAH

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; LEAD; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TISSUE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TRACE METAL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; MOSS; PAH; TRACE METAL;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CITY; ITALY; MOSS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ITALY;

BRYOPHYTA; TORTULA; TORTULA MURALIS;

EID: 0036707938     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00298-4     Document Type: Article

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