Effects of NO2 and NH3 from road traffic on epiphytic lichens

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-64

  Frati, L ^a   Caprasecca, E ^a   Santoni, S ^a   Gaggi, C ^a   Guttova, A ^b   Gaudino, S ^c   Pati, A ^c   Rosamilia, S ^c   Pirintsos, S A ^d   Loppi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c APAT Roma ^*  (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biodiversity; Highway; Italy; Nitrogen; Photosynthetic pigments

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FUNGI; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS;

BIOACCUMULATION; HIGHWAYS; ITALY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS;

POLLUTION;

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

BARK; BIOACCUMULATION; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; LICHEN; NITROGEN; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BARK; BIOACCUMULATION; EVERNIA PRUNASTRI; HEALTH SURVEY; LICHENS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC; AIR POLLUTANT; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EVERNIA PRUNASTRI; FUNGI;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; BIODIVERSITY; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; LICHENS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PLANT BARK; TREES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33646023386     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.09.020     Document Type: Article

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