Assessment of Lichen vitality during a transplantation experiment to a polluted site

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 355-361

  Godinho, R M ^a   Freitas, M C ^a   Wolterbeek, H Th ^b  

^a Technological and Nuclear Institute   (Portugal)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Evernia prunastri; Lichen physiology; Parmelia caperata; Transplants

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

LICHEN; TRANSPLANTATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMIDITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEACHING; LICHENS; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SPRING;

EVERNIA PRUNASTRI; PARMELIA; PARMELIA CAPERATA;

EID: 14944347948     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-004-1251-6     Document Type: Article

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