Mapping the results of extensive surveys: The case of atmospheric biomonitoring and terrestrial mosses

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 356, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 256-274

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Moss technique; Robust semivariance; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; POLLUTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

MOSS TECHNIQUE; ROBUST SEMIVARIANCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

MONITORING;

HEAVY METAL;

BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; MAPPING; MOSS; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DATA ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOISE; POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 32644487037     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.04.025     Document Type: Article

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