The use of native mosses to monitor fluorine levels - And associated temporal variations - In the vicinity of an aluminium smelter

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 3091-3102

  Real, C ^a   Aboal, J R ^a   Fernandez J A ^a   Carballeira, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Hypnum cupressiforme; Response surface; Scleropodium purum; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANISOTROPY; DEPOSITION; FLUORINE; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLLUTION; SAMPLING; TISSUE;

SPATIAL ANISOTROPY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; FLUORINE; MOSS; SMELTING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MOSS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE LEVEL;

BRYOPHYTA; HYPNUM; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME; SCLEROPODIUM; SCLEROPODIUM PURUM;

EID: 0038128353     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00294-2     Document Type: Article

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