Physiological responses to atmospheric fluorine pollution in transplants of Pseudoscleropodium purum

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 602-609

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active biomonitoring; Chlorophyll; Pigment indexes; Terrestrial mosses

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORINE; IRRIGATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ACTIVE BIOMONITORING; PIGMENT INDEXES; TERRESTRIAL MOSSES;

AIR POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; FLUORINE;

ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; CHLOROPHYLL; MOSS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PIGMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SHADING; SMELTING; TRANSPLANTATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MOSS; NONHUMAN; POTENTIOMETRY; PSEUDOSCLEROPODIUM PURUM; SMELTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALUMINUM; BRYOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORINE; METALLURGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTATION; SPAIN;

BRYOPHYTA; PSEUDOSCLEROPODIUM PURUM;

EID: 43549083896     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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