Heavy metal deposition in the Italian "triangle of death" determined with the moss Scorpiurum circinatum

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 2255-2260

  Basile, A ^a   Sorbo, S ^a   Aprile, G ^a   Conte, B ^a   Castaldo Cobianchi, R ^a   Pisani, T ^b   Loppi, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acerra; Air pollution; Bioaccumulation; Concentric bodies; Tumours

Indexed keywords

ACERRA; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRIC BODIES; HEAVY METAL DEPOSITION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METAL POLLUTION; MOSS SPECIES; STUDY AREAS; TOLERANCE MECHANISMS; TUMOURS;

AIR QUALITY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; METALS; ONCOLOGY; POLLUTION;

TUMORS;

HEAVY METAL;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; MOSS; TUMOR;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COATED PIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDICATOR ORGANISM; ITALY; LAMELLAR BODY; MOSS; NONHUMAN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BRYOPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; METALS, HEAVY;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPLES; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 68649093717     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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