Element-enrichment factors in lichens from Terceira, Santa Maria and Madeira Islands (Azores and Madeira archipelagoes)

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 231-249

  Vieira, B J ^a   Freitas, M C ^a   Rodrigues, A F ^b   Pacheco, A M G ^c   Soares, P M ^b   Correia, N ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atlantic islands; Elemental mapping; Enrichment factors; Epiphytic lichens; INAA; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BROMINE; CERIUM; CESIUM; CHLORINE; MAGNESIUM; MERCURY; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMONITORING; LICHEN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHEN; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; MADEIRA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CLADONIA CONIOCRAEA; CLADONIA FURCATA; FLAVOPARMELIA CAPERATA; LUEHEIA; PARMOTREMA; PARMOTREMA CRINITUM; PLATISMATIA GLAUCA; RAMALINA; RAMALINA CANARIENSIS; RAMALINA FARINACEA; USNEA DASAEA; USNEA ESPERANTIANA;

EID: 14944380064     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-004-1230-y     Document Type: Article

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