Biomonitoring with cryptogams near the power station of la Robla (León, Spain)

Bryologist

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 723-737

  Fernandez Salegui A B ^a   Terron A ^a   Barreno, E ^b   Nimis, P L ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas Y Ambientales   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Lichen biomonitoring; Power station; SO2; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349058598     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745(2007)110[723:BWCNTP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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