Assessment of atmospheric sulfur with the epilithic moss Haplocladium microphyllum: Evidences from tissue sulfur and δ34S analysis

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2066-2071

  Liu, Xue Yan ^a   Xiao, Hua Yun ^a   Liu, Cong Qiang ^a   Xiao, Hong Wei ^a,b   Wang, Yan Li ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric sulfur deposition; Bioindication; Epilithic moss; Stable sulfur isotope

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; BIOINDICATION; CANOPY CONDITIONS; EPILITHIC MOSS; GROWING CONDITIONS; STABLE SULFUR ISOTOPE; SULFUR LEVELS; UPPER CANOPIES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; OCEAN HABITATS; SOILS;

SULFUR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; CANOPY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOSS; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANOPY; HABITAT; HAPLOCLADIUM MICROPHYLLUM; MOSS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BRYOPSIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SULFUR; SULFUR ISOTOPES;

BRYOHAPLOCLADIUM MICROPHYLLUM; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 67349096318     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.02.020     Document Type: Article

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