Atmospheric deposition of trace elements in Romania studied by the moss biomonitoring technique

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 533-548

  Lucaciu, A ^a   Timofte, L ^a   Culicov, O ^b   Frontasyeva, Marina V ^b   Oprea, C ^b   Cucu Man, Stan ^c   Mocanu, R ^c   Steinnes, E ^d  

^a HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrometry; Heavy metal pollution; Moss biomonitoring technique; Neutron activation analysis; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMONITORING; MOSS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MOSS; NORWAY; POLLUTION MONITORING; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME;

EID: 14944375322     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-004-1264-1     Document Type: Article

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