Input of heavy metals to the forest floor as a result of Cracow urban pollution

Environment International

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 691-698

  Sawicka Kapusta, Katarzyna ^a   Zakrzewska, Marta ^a   Bajorek, Katarzyna ^a   Gdula Argasińska, Joanna ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Forest floor; Heavy metals; Input; Litter fall; Urban pollution

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; FORESTRY; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; STEEL;

URBAN POLLUTION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; ZINC;

FOREST FLOOR; HEAVY METAL; LITTERFALL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT LITTER; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES; URBAN AREA;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST LITTER; FORESTRY; POLLUTION; ROADS; STEEL;

CRACOW; POLAND;

EID: 0037342063     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(02)00069-7     Document Type: Article

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