Moss (Bryum radiculosum) as a bioindicator of trace metal deposition around an industrialised area in Sardinia (Italy)

Chemosphere

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 610-618

  Schintu, M ^a   Cogoni, A ^a   Durante, L ^a   Cantaluppi, C ^b   Contu, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bioindicators; Bryophyte; Bulk deposition; Smelting industry; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PLANTS; BIOMARKERS; CORRELATION METHODS; DEPOSITION; MONITORING; POLLUTION; POWER PLANTS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BRYUM RADICULOSUM; INDUSTRIAL SITES; POLLUTION SOURCES; SOIL FACTORS;

FUNGI;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; TRACE METAL; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIOINDICATOR; METAL; SMELTING;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR SAMPLING; ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BULK DENSITY; COASTAL WATERS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MOSS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SMELTER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; BRYUM RADICULOSUM;

EID: 20444499431     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.01.050     Document Type: Article

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