Mosses as indicators of atmospheric heavy metal deposition around a coal-fired power plant in Turkey

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-192

  Uyar, Güray ^a   Ören, Muhammet ^a   Yildirim, Yilmaz ^a   Ince, Mahir ^b  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

atalagzi; Coal fired power plant; Heavy metals; Moss monitoring; North West Turkey

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BIOINDICATOR; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; GIS; HEAVY METAL; MOSS; POLLUTION MONITORING; THEMATIC MAPPING;

CATALAGZI; EURASIA; TURKEY; ZONGULDAK;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33947123653     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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