Trace element content and molecular biodiversity in the epiphytic moss Leptodon smithii: Two independent tracers of human disturbance

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1158-1164

  Spagnuolo, Valeria ^a   Terracciano, Stefano ^a   Giordano, Simonetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intra specific genetic diversity; Land use; Moss biomonitoring; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE DUSTS; ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ELEMENT CONTENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCES; GENE DIVERSITIES; GENETIC VARIABILITIES; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INTRA-SPECIFIC GENETIC DIVERSITY; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTS; MARINE AEROSOLS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITIES; MOSS BIOMONITORING; PEARSON'S CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; QUERCUS ILEXES; SOUTHERN ITALY; TRACE ELEMENT CONTENTS; URBAN SITES;

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AIR POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; CHROMIUM; LAND USE; LEAD; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEAN HABITATS; TRACE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

BARK; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMONITORING; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; EPIPHYTE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LAND USE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MOSS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POPULATION DECLINE; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRYOPSIDA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENETIC VARIATION; ITALY; METALS, HEAVY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUERCUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; LEPTODON SMITHII; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 61349167078     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.11.080     Document Type: Article

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