A comparison of biomonitoring methods for the estimation of atmospheric pollutants in an industrial town in Austria

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 245-259

  Zechmeister, Harald Gustav ^a   Hohenwallner, Daniela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Ecotox Austria   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Bioindication; Bryophytes; Indexof atmospheric purity (IAP); Urbanarea; VDI guideline

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; EPIPHYTIC BRYOPHYTES; INDEX OF ATMOSPHERIC PURITY;

BIOMARKERS; DUST; NITROGEN OXIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BRYOPHYTE; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CALCULATION; CITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUST; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AUSTRIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LINZ; UPPER AUSTRIA;

BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 33747486349     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-0991-y     Document Type: Article

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