Higher plants as biomonitors of automobile pollution

Ecology, Environment and Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 337-343

  Ramakrishnaiah, H ^a   Somashekar, R K ^b  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT SCIENCE COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Ascorbic acid; Automobiles; Biomonitoring; Chlorophyll; Higher plants

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VEGETATION;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS; BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA PURPUREA; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CHAMAESYCE HIRTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUPHORBIA; GOMPHRENA; GOMPHRENA CELOSIOIDES; LAGASCEA MOLLIS; POLYALTHIA; POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA; PONGAMIA; PONGAMIA PINNATA; PORTULACA; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE; TRIDAX PROCUMBENS; VERNONIA; VERNONIA CINEREA; VINCA;

EID: 0942278209     PISSN: 0971765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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