Assessment of intermittent trace element pollution by moss bags

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 886-892

  Cesa, M ^a   Bizzotto, A ^b   Ferraro, C ^b   Fumagalli, F ^a   Nimis, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Servizio Territoriale di Bassano del Grappa   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquatic bryophytes; Heavy metals; Irrigation ditch; Rhynchostegium riparioides

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BRYOPHYTES; IRRIGATION DITCH; RHYNCHOSTEGIUM RIPARIOIDES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRACE ELEMENTS;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOINDICATOR; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MOSS; POLLUTION EFFECT; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); ITALY; MOSS; POLLUTION; RHYNCHOSTEGIUM RIPARIOIDES;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BRYOPHYTA; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; ITALY; LEAD; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VICENZA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PLATYHYPNIDIUM RIPAROIDES;

EID: 33748440196     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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