Moss bags as indicators of trace element contamination in Pre-alpine streams

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 173-180

  Cesa, M ^a   Azzalini, G ^b   De Toffol, V ^b   Fontanive, M ^b   Fumagalli, F ^a   Nimis, P L ^a   Riva, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b ARPAV   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bryophytes; Rhynchostegium riparioides; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PLATYHYPNIDIUM RIPARIOIDES; PLATYHYPNIDIUM RIPAROIDES;

EID: 68949207053     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500802709798     Document Type: Article

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