Reproduction of the mosses Pleuroziurn schreberi and Pohlia nutans in the surroundings of copper smelters at Harjavalta, S.W. Finland

Journal of Bryology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-47

  Huttunen, Sanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Copper pollution; Finland; Pleurozium schreberi; Pohlia nutans; Reproduction; SO2 pollution

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; POHLIA NUTANS; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0037239344     PISSN: 03736687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037366803125002644     Document Type: Article

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