Integrated biomonitoring of air quality with plants and lichens: A case study on ambient ozone from central Italy

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2169-2176

  Nali, C ^a   Balducci, E ^a   Frati, L ^b   Paoli, L ^b   Loppi, S ^b   Lorenzini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Clover; Index lichen diversity; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; MAPPING; OZONE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; BIOMONITORING; INDEX LICHEN DIVERSITY;

AIR QUALITY;

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; MAPPING; OZONE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; DIVERSITY INDEX; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LICHEN; OZONE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; TOBACCO;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CASE STUDY; CLONE; CLOVER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDUCATION; FLOWERING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ITALY; LICHENS; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; SEASON; TOBACCO; TROPOSPHERE; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION;

CASTELFIORENTINO; EURASIA; EUROPE; FIRENZE [TUSCANY]; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TRACHEOPHYTA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 33947326582     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.12.036     Document Type: Article

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