Spider webs as indicators of heavy metal pollution in air

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-277

  Xiao li, S ^a   Yu, P ^a   Hose, G C ^b   Jian, C ^a   Feng xiang, L ^a  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTOR VEHICLE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; RISK; SPIDER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; CHINA; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; SPIDERS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ARANEAE;

EID: 32344433578     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-0917-y     Document Type: Article

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