Parmelia sulcata lichen transplants positioning towards wind direction (Part I): Precipitation volumes, total element deposition and lichen element content

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 281, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-230

  Marques, A P ^a   Freitas, M C ^a   Wolterbeek, H Th ^b   Verburg, T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lichen transplants; Precipitation; Total deposition; Trace elements; Wind influxes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ELEMENT; IRON; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; VANADIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LICHENS; NONHUMAN; PARMELIA; PRECIPITATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WIND;

EID: 68749085800     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-009-0111-x     Document Type: Article

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