Lichen biomonitoring of ammonia emission and nitrogen deposition around a pig stockfarm

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-316

  Frati, L ^a   Santoni, S ^a   Nicolardi, V ^a   Gaggi, C ^a   Brunialti, G ^a   Guttova, A ^b   Gaudino, S ^c   Pati, A ^c   Pirintsos, S A ^d   Loppi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Slovakia)

^c APAT   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Ammonium; Bark pH; Bioaccumulation; Biodiversity; Eutrophication

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIA; BIODIVERSITY; DEPOSITION; NITROGEN; PH;

AMMONIUM; BARK PH; BIOACCUMULATION; PHYSCONIA GRISEA;

ALGAE;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BARK; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FARM; LICHEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; FLAVOPARMELIA CAPERATA; ITALY; LICHENS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PH MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION; SWINE; XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ITALY; LICHENS; NITROGEN; PLANT BARK; QUERCUS; SWINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; FLAVOPARMELIA CAPERATA; PHYSCONIA GRISEA; SUIDAE; XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

EID: 33847118949     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.03.029     Document Type: Article

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