The use of mosses as environmental metal pollution indicators

Chemosphere

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-342

  Aceto, Maurizio ^a   Abollino, Ornella ^b   Conca, Raffaele ^b   Malandrino, Mery ^b   Mentasti, Edoardo ^b   Sarzanini, Corrado ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

GF AAS; ICP AES; Metals; Monitoring; Mosses

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; SPECTROMETRY;

METAL POLLUTION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM; ZINC;

BIOINDICATOR; HEAVY METAL; MOSS; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ITALY; MOSS; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ITALY; PIEDMONT;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYUM; BRYUM ARGENTEUM;

EID: 0037230880     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00533-7     Document Type: Article

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