Comparison of the air pollution biomonitoring ability of three Tillandsia species and the lichen Ramalina celastri in Argentina

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-14

  Bermudez, Gonzalo M A ^a   Rodriguez, Judith H ^a   Pignata, María L ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Active biomonitoring; Air pollution sources; Heavy metals; Physiological response

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; SULFUR; ZINC;

ANGIOSPERM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPIPHYTE; HEAVY METAL; LICHEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EPIPHYTE; FIELD EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; METALLURGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TILLANDSIA; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ARGENTINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHENS; METALS, HEAVY; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TILLANDSIA;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

RAMALINA CELASTRI; TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA CAPILLARIS; TILLANDSIA RECURVATA; TILLANDSIA TRICHOLEPIS;

EID: 57749173160     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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