Trace metal fluxes in bulk deposition, throughfall and stemflow at two evergreen oak stands in NE Spain subject to different exposure to the industrial environment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-180

  Avila, Anna ^a   Rodrigo, Anselm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dry deposition; Leaching; Mediterranean forests; Surrogate surfaces; Throughfall; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; GRAVITATION; LEACHING; MANGANESE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TRACE ELEMENTS;

DRY DEPOSITION; STEMFLOW FLUXES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CADMIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; LEAD; MANGANESE; METHACRYLIC ACID; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DRY DEPOSITION; FOREST CANOPY; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOW; FOLIAGE; FOREST; GRAVITY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LEACHING; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OAK; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; TECHNIQUE; URBAN AREA; WATER FLOW; WET DEPOSITION;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONTSENY MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 0344413418     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.09.067     Document Type: Article

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