Improving the design of environmental monitoring networks. Case study on the heavy metals in mosses survey in Germany

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-121

  Pesch, Roland ^a   Schröder, Winfried ^a   Dieffenbach Fries, Helga ^b   Genßler, Lutz ^c   Kleppin, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VECHTA   (Germany)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^c North Rhine Westphalia State Agency for Nature   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Geostatistics; Heavy metals; Monitoring network optimisation; Mosses

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; HEAVY METAL; LAND USE; MOSS; OPTIMIZATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVEY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 41149131103     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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