Changes in total concentrations and assessed background concentrations of heavy metals in moss in Lithuania and the Czech Republic between 1995 and 2005

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-97

  Sakalys J ^a   Kvietkus, K ^a   Sucharova J ^b   Suchara, I ^b   Valiulis, D ^a  

^a Institute of Physics   (Lithuania)

^b SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition of metals; Background concentrations; Effects of local pollution sources; Lognormal distribution; Variation tendencies

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CODES (SYMBOLS); HEAVY METALS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; LOCAL POLLUTIONS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; VARIATION TENDENCIES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAVY METAL; MOSS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LITHUANIA; MOSS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION;

BALTIC STATES; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 67349087401     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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