Lichen Usnea barbata as biomonitor of airborne elements deposition in the Province of Tierra del Fuego (southern Patagonia, Argentina)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1082-1089

  Conti, Marcelo Enrique ^a   Pino, Anna ^b   Botrè, Francesco ^a   Bocca, Beatrice ^b   Alimonti, Alessandro ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lichens; Multivariate analysis; Tierra del Fuego; Trace elements; Usnea barbata

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LICHEN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

AIRBORNE ALGA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LICHENS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; USNEA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARGENTINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHENS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(PRV) ARGENTINA];

USNEA BARBATA;

EID: 64449085158     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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