Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in mosses from Etna Volcano and Iblei Mountains (Eastern Sicily, Italy)

Cryptogamie, Bryologie

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-155

  Lo Giudice, Rosa ^a   Bonanno, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomonitoring; Heavy metals; Italy; Mosses; Sicily; Soils; Volcano

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; MOSS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOIL POLLUTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HYBLAEAN MOUNTAINS; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME; SCLEROPODIUM CESPITANS;

EID: 59849091611     PISSN: 12900796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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