Determination of heavy metal pollution in Zonguldak (Turkey) by moss analysis (Hypnum cupressiforme)

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 183-194

  Uyar, Güray ^a   Avcil, Elif ^a   Ören, Muhammet ^a   Karaca, Ferhat ^b   Öncel, Mehmet Salim ^c  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Atmospheric deposition; Biomonitoring; Heavy metals; Mosses

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BACKGROUND LEVELS; BIOMONITORING; CONTOUR MAPS; EUROPEAN LEVELS; EUROPEANS; EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; HEAVY METAL DEPOSITIONS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTIONS; HEAVY- METAL CONTAMINATIONS; ICP-OES; MAPPING TECHNIQUES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MEASURED VALUES; MOSS SAMPLES; MOSSES; REFERENCE SITES; SOIL PARTICLES; WET PERIODS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEATING; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; IRON; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; METALS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NICKEL; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 58349117514     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2007.0253     Document Type: Article

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