Historical nitrogen content of bryophyte tissue as an indicator of increased nitrogen deposition in the Cape Metropolitan Area, South Africa

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 938-945

  Wilson, D ^a   Stock, W D ^a,b   Hedderson, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bulk deposition; Cape Town; Foliar nitrogen; Mosses; Nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

BULK DEPOSITION; CAPE TOWN; FOLIAR NITROGEN; MOSSES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

BIODIVERSITY; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

NONMETALS;

NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BRYOPHYTE; HERBARIUM; LEAF; METROPOLITAN AREA; MOSS; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; MOSS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BRYOPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 58249145051     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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