Dispersal pattern of airborne emissions from an aluminium smelter in Ouro Preto, Brazil, as expressed by foliar fluoride accumulation in eight plant species

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 454-461

  Divan Junior, Armando Molina ^a   Oliva, Marco Antonio ^a   Ferreira, Fernando Alves ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aluminium smelter; Dispersal pattern; Environmental contamination; Fluoride accumulation; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SMELTING;

AIRBORNE EMISSIONS; ALUMINIUM SMELTERS; DISPERSAL PATTERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; FLUORIDE ACCUMULATION; PLANT SPECIES;

FLUORINE;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; DRY MATTER; FLUORIDE; FOLIAGE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SMELTING;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; OURO PRETO; SOUTH AMERICA;

BIDENS PILOSA; CALOPOGONIUM MUCUNOIDES; CONYZA BONARIENSIS; ERIGERON; HEDYCHIUM CORONARIUM; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA CAIRICA; IPOMOEA PURPUREA; SPERMACOCE VERTICILLATA;

EID: 40649123539     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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