Metal contamination in the lichen Alectoria sarmentosa near the copper smelter of Murdochville, Québec

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-81

  Aznar, J C ^a   Richer Lafleche M ^a   Cluis, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

206Pb 207Pb and 206Pb 204Pb ratios; Air pollution; Arsenic; Lead

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; COPPER ALLOYS; COPPER SMELTING; ECOSYSTEMS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; METALS; SMELTING;

206PB/207PB AND 206PB/204PB RATIOS; AIR POLLUTION; ARSENIC; FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; METAL CONTAMINATION; METAL POLLUTION;

POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; LEAD 204; LEAD 206; LEAD 207; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LICHEN; METAL; SMELTING;

AIR POLLUTION; ALECTORIA SARMENTOSA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOTOPE TRACING; LICHEN; NONHUMAN; SMELTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LICHENS; METALLURGY; METALS, HEAVY; TIME FACTORS;

CANADA; MURDOCHVILLE; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ALECTORIA SARMENTOSA;

EID: 50449095239     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.12.037     Document Type: Article

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