Tolerance of the lichen Xanthoria parietina (L.) Th. Fr. to metal stress

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 319-326

  Dzubaj, Alexander ^a   Bačkor, Martin ^a   Tomko, Jaroslav ^b   Peli, Evelin ^c   Tuba, Zoltán ^c  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KO ICE   (Slovakia)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Chlorophyll a and b; Chlorophyll a fluorescence; CO2 gas exchange; Lichens; Metal content; Metal tolerance; Monitoring; Parietin; Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; CADMIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; PHYSCION; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GAS EXCHANGE; HEAVY METAL; LICHEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TOLERANCE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT; SLOVAKIA; XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; EMODIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LICHENS; METALS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; SLOVAKIA; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOSICE; KOSICKY; SLOVAKIA;

XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

EID: 42049085455     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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