Interactions of lichens with heavy metals

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 214-222

  Backor M ^a   Loppi, S ^b  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Cadmium; Copper; Detoxification; Exclusion; Lead; Manganese; Mercury; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349335802     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-009-0042-y     Document Type: Review

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