Monitoring nitrogen accumulation in mosses in central European forests

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 528-536

  Pesch, Roland ^a   Schröder, Winfried ^a   Schmidt, Gunther ^a   Genssler, Lutz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VECHTA   (Germany)

^b State Institute for Occupational Health and Safety of North Rhine Westphalia   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Decision trees; Ectohydric mosses; Geostatistics; Nitrogen bioaccumulation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NONMETALS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND USES; BIOMONITORING; CENTRAL EUROPEAN FORESTS; DECISION TREES; ECTOHYDRIC MOSSES; FOREST CONDITIONS; GEOSTATISTICS; NITROGEN ACCUMULATION; NITROGEN BIOACCUMULATION; SPATIAL DENSITIES; SPATIAL PATTERNING; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE INFORMATION;

LAND USE;

NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOSTATISTICS; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LAND USE; MOSS; NITROGEN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; FOREST; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; MOSS; NONHUMAN;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; BRYOPHYTA; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; METALS, HEAVY; NITROGEN; POLAND; TREES;

ACCUMULATION; AGRICULTURE; FORESTS; LAND USE; LEAVES; MOSS; NEEDLES; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; POLAND;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 50249099729     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.02.018     Document Type: Article

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