Oak leaves and pine needles as biomonitors of airborne trace elements pollution

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-225

  Aboal, J R ^a   Fernandez J A ^a   Carballeira, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bioaccumulation; Mosses; Pinus pinaster; Quercus robur

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; FOLIAGE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BRYOPHYTA; PINUS PINASTER; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 2342615525     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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