Preliminary study of the use of terrestrial moss (Pleurozium schreberi) for biomonitoring traffic-related Pt and Rh deposition

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 347-354

  Niemela M ^a   Piispanen, J ^b   Poikolainen, J ^b   Peramaki P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CESIUM; COPPER; HAFNIUM; IRON; LANTHANUM; LEAD; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; YTTRIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; MOSS; PLATINUM; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RHODIUM; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; FINLAND; MOSS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BRYOPSIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BRYOPHYTA; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI;

EID: 33947521621     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0028-0     Document Type: Article

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