Lettuce plants as bioaccumulators of trace elements in a community of central Italy

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 143-149

  Nali, Cristina ^a   Balducci, Elena ^a   Frati, Luisa ^b   Paoli, Luca ^b   Loppi, Stefano ^b   Lorenzini, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomonitoring; Enrichment factor; Factor analysis; Lactuca sativa; Source apportionment; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; ENRICHMENT FACTOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LACTUCA SATIVA; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; COPPER; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; LAND USE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RETAIL STORES; RURAL AREAS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

TRACE ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; TRACE ELEMENT; VASCULAR PLANT;

ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; ITALY; LETTUCE; PLANT LEAVES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

CASTELFIORENTINO; EURASIA; EUROPE; FIRENZE [TUSCANY]; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 58549102953     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0189-6     Document Type: Article

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