Assessing airborne pollution effects on bryophytes - lessons learned through long-term integrated monitoring in Austria

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 696-705

  Zechmeister, H G ^a,b   Dirnbock T ^c   Hulber K ^d   Mirtl, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Ecotox Austria   (Austria)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^d VINCA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acidification; Biomonitoring; Eutrophication; Forest ecosystem; Integrated monitoring

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; NITROGEN;

BIOMONITORING; BRYOPHYTES; INTEGRATED MONITORING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

NITROGEN; SULFUR;

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BRYOPHYTE; EUTROPHICATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NITROGEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION SIZE; SULFUR;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME; LEUCODON SCIUROIDES; MOSS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AUSTRIA; BRYOPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFUR; TREES;

ACIDIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTS; PLANTS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UPPER AUSTRIA; ZOBELBODEN;

BRYOPHYTES; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME; LEUCODON SCIUROIDES;

EID: 34247860752     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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