Atmospheric deposition of trace element pollutants in Macedonia studied by the moss biomonitoring technique

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 107-118

  Barandovski, L ^a   Cekova, M ^b   Frontasyeva, Marina V ^b   Pavlov, S S ^b   Stafilov, T ^a   Steinnes, E ^c   Urumov, V ^a  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Atmospheric deposition; Factor analysis; Macedonia; Metals; Neutron activation analysis; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOMARKERS; MONITORING; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; MOSS BIOMONITORING TECHNIQUE;

AIR POLLUTION;

FERROUS ION; FERTILIZER; METAL ION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CAMPTOTHECIUM LUTESCENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMALOTHECIUM SERICEUM; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MOSS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; OIL INDUSTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SMELTER;

BRYOPSIDA; ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); METALS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MACEDONIA [SOUTHERN EUROPE]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; CAMPTOTHECIUM; HOMALOTHECIUM SERICEUM; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME;

EID: 39049154699     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9747-6     Document Type: Article

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