Mosses as bioindicators for metal accumulation: Statistical aggregation of measurement data to exposure indices

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 137-152

  Pesch, Roland ^a   Schroeder, Winfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VECHTA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Biomonitoring; Cluster analysis; Geostatistics; Indicator; Metal accumulation; Percentile statistics; Statistical indicators indices

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICS;

ECOLOGY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; METAL; MOSS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 32444449448     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.08.018     Document Type: Article

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