Accumulation of trace elements in the peripheral and central parts of two species of epiphytic lichens transplanted to a polluted site in Portugal

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-109

  Godinho, R M ^a   Verburg, T G ^b   Freitas, M C ^a   Wolterbeek, H Th ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b Interuniversity Reactor Institute Delft   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Biomonitoring; Evernia prunastri; Flavoparmelia caperata; Transplant

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS;

AGE; BIOMONITORING; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; EPIPHYTIC LICHENS; EVERNIA PRUNASTRI; FLAVOPARMELIA CAPERATA; MEMORY LENGTHS; POLLUTED SITES; PORTUGAL; REGULATION MECHANISMS; SET-UPS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BROMINE; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SAMARIUM; SCANDIUM; SODIUM; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ACCUMULATION; AGE; BIOMONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EPIPHYTE; LICHEN; POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LICHENS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PORTUGAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHENS; PORTUGAL; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EVERNIA PRUNASTRI; FLAVOPARMELIA CAPERATA;

EID: 56449110235     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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