Epiphytic lichens as indicators of environmental quality in Rome

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 350-358

  Munzi, S ^a   Ravera, S ^b   Caneva, G ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Central Italy; Lichen diversity; Tyrrhenian Sea; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIOMARKERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITROGEN OXIDES;

CENTRAL ITALY; LICHEN DIVERSITY; TYRRHENIAN SEA; URBAN ENVIRONMENT;

ALGAE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EPIPHYTE; LICHEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLORA; FOREST; HUMIDITY; ITALY; LICHEN; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHENS; OCEANS AND SEAS; ROME; URBANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 33847142255     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.03.042     Document Type: Article

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