Native trees as biomonitors of chemical elements in the biodiversity conservation of the Atlantic Forest

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 579-592

  De França, Elvis J ^a   De Nadai Fernades, Elisabete A ^a   Bacchi, Márcio A ^a   Saiki, Mitiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Biomonitoring; Bromine; Chemical elements; Cobalt; INAA

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BARIUM; BROMINE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CESIUM; IRON; MERCURY; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; ZINC;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; NATIVE SPECIES;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NATIVE SPECIES; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA; SPECIES COMPARISON; TREE;

BRAZIL; CARLOS BOTELHO STATE PARK; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; HYERONIMA; HYERONIMA ALCHORNEOIDES;

EID: 14944360131     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-004-1267-y     Document Type: Article

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