Biomonitoring of nine elements by the lichen Xanthoria parietina in Adriatic Italy: A retrospective study over a 7-year time span

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 387, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 289-300

  Brunialti, G ^a   Frati, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air quality; Bioaccumulation; Lichen; Long term programs; Trace element pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEAVY METALS;

BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL ALTERATION; LICHEN; LONG-TERM PROGRAMS; TRACE ELEMENT POLLUTION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; METAL; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; EPIPHYTE; HEAVY METAL; LICHEN; SAMPLING; TIMESCALE; TRACE METAL;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTAMINATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; ITALY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; LICHENS; METALS;

ADRIATIC COAST [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

EID: 36649001395     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.06.033     Document Type: Article

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