A new method for testing the sensitivity of active biomonitoring: An example of its application to a terrestrial moss

Chemosphere

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 303-308

  Couto, J A ^a   Aboal, J R ^a   Fernandez J A ^a   Carballeira, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Limit of detection; Limit of quantification; Mercury; Scleropodium purum; Transplants

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MONITORING; STANDARDIZATION;

BIOMONITORING; BIOMONITORS; TERRESTRIAL MOSSES;

ALGAE;

ALKALI; CHLORINE; MERCURY;

BIOMONITORING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOSS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; MOSS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BRYOPHYTA; SCLEROPODIUM; SCLEROPODIUM PURUM;

EID: 4143121520     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.05.036     Document Type: Article

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