Application of indicator kriging to the complementary use of bioindicators at three trophic levels

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2689-2696

  Figueira, Rui ^a,b   Tavares, Paula C ^b   Palma, Luís ^c   Beja, Pedro ^d,e   Sérgio, Cecília ^f,g  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d Ordenamento e Gestao de Recursos Naturais   (Portugal)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^f Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Birds; Indicator kriging; Indices; Mercury; Mosses

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATORS; INDICATOR KRIGING; INDICES; MERCURY; MOSSES;

BIOMARKERS; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL);

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

MERCURY;

BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOSS; POLLUTION EFFECT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAGLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; KRIGING; PIGEON; POLLUTION; PORTUGAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRYOPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEATHERS; MERCURY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PORTUGAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALECTORIS RUFA; AVES; BRYOPHYTA; COLUMBA LIVIA; HIERAAETUS FASCIATUS;

EID: 68049091011     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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