Lichen and moss bags as monitoring devices in urban areas. Part I: Influence of exposure on sample vitality

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 380-391

  Tretiach, M ^a   Adamo, P ^b   Bargagli, R ^c   Baruffo, L ^a   Carletti, L ^c   Crisafulli, P ^a   Giordano, S ^b   Modenesi, P ^d   Orlando, S ^b   Pittao, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomonitoring; Hypnum cupressiforme; Pseudevernia furfuracea; Trace element; Transplant

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALGAE; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOMONITORING; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME; NYLON BAGS; PSEUDEVERNIA FURFURACEA;

FUNGI;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HERBICIDE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POTASSIUM; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; LICHEN; MOSS; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS EXCHANGE; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORM; ITALY; LICHEN; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PSEUDEVERNIA FURFURACEA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BRYOPHYTA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE; ITALY; LICHENS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA; ITALY; NAPLES; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRIESTE [FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA];

BRYOPHYTA; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME; PSEUDEVERNIA FURFURACEA;

EID: 33847131634     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.03.046     Document Type: Article

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