Second German Heavy-metal Survey by Means of Mosses, and Comparison of the First and Second Approach in Germany and other European Countries

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-66

  Herpin, Uwe ^a   Siewers, Ulrich ^b   Markert, Bernd ^c   Rosolen, Vania ^a   Breulmann, Gerhard ^d   Bernoux, Martial ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c International Graduate School Zittau   (Germany)

^d Inter American Institute for Global Change Research IAI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arsenic (As); Atmospheric deposition; Bioindication; Cadmium; Chromium (Cr); Copper; Geographic distribution; Heavy metals; Hylocomium splendens; Hypnum cupressiforme; Iron (Fe); Lead (Pb); Metals; Monitoring; Moss; Nickel (Ni); Pleurozium schreberi

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOINDICATOR; HEAVY METAL; MOSS; POLLUTION MONITORING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; PTERIDOPHYTA; SCLEROPODIUM PURUM;

EID: 0842307435     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2003.07.165     Document Type: Review

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