Evidence for changing the critical level for ammonia

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1033-1037

  Cape, J N ^a   van der Eerden, L J ^b   Sheppard, L J ^a   Leith, I D ^a   Sutton, M A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Art and Science   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Critical load; Dry deposition; Lichen; Plant effects

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; CRITICAL LOAD; DRY DEPOSITION; LICHEN; PLANT EFFECTS;

AMMONIA; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

THERMAL EXPANSION;

AMMONIA; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

AMMONIA; BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRITICAL LOAD; DRY DEPOSITION; LICHEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOREST; LICHEN; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; BRYOPHYTA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; LICHENS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PLANTS; TREES;

AMMONIA; CONCENTRATION; DEPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LICHENS; PLANTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; THERMAL EXPANSION;

BRYOPHYTES; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 58249139221     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.09.049     Document Type: Article

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