Mercury distribution around the Spolana chlor-alkali plant (central Bohemia, Czech Republic) after a catastrophic flood, as revealed by bioindicators

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 352-361

  Suchara, Ivan ^a   Sucharová, Julie ^a  

^a SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bio indicators; Forest floor humus; Hypnum cupressiforme moss; Total mercury; Tree bark

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; FLOODS;

FOREST FLOOR HUMUS; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME MOSS;

MERCURY (METAL);

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER;

BARK; BIOINDICATOR; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; FLOOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOSS;

ARTICLE; BARK; CONTAMINATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISASTER; FLOODING; FOREST; HUMUS; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PLANT;

BRYOPSIDA; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MERCURY; NATURAL DISASTERS; PINUS; PLANT BARK; QUERCUS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BOHEMIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME;

EID: 38649097183     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.06.029     Document Type: Article

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