Atmospheric pollutants monitoring by analysis of epiphytic lichens

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 334-340

  Fuga, Alessandra ^a   Saiki, Mitiko ^a   Marcelli, Marcelo P ^b   Saldiva, Paulo H N ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomonitoring; Canoparmelia texana; Lichen; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FUNGI; MANGANESE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CANOPARMELIA TEXANA; EPIPHYTIC LICHENS;

AIR POLLUTION;

BROMINE; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; FUNGUS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LICHEN; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORTALITY; TRACE ELEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIPHYTE; LICHENS; METALLURGY; NONHUMAN; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BARIUM; BRAZIL; BROMINE; CITIES; COBALT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LICHENS; MANGANESE; METALS, HEAVY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; ZINC;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CANOPARMELIA TEXANA; FUNGI;

EID: 38649112246     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.06.041     Document Type: Article

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