Lichen (Xanthoria parietina) biomonitoring of trace element contamination and air quality assessment in Pisa Province (Tuscany, Italy)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 286, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 27-40

  Scerbo, R ^a   Ristori, T ^a   Possenti, L ^b   Lampugnani, L ^c   Barale, R ^b   Barghigiani, C ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e del Territorio   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric contamination; Biomonitoring; Heavy metals; Lichens

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIOMARKERS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

OROGRAPHIC FEATURES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; LICHEN; TRACE ELEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ITALY; LICHENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; LICHENS; METALS, HEAVY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ITALY;

XANTHORIA; XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

EID: 0037040483     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(01)00959-7     Document Type: Article

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