Biomonitoring of atmospheric mercury levels with the epiphytic fern Lepisorus thunbergianus (Polypodiaceae)

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1387-1392

  Kono, Yuriko ^a   Tomiyasu, Takashi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mercury; Cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry; Fern frond; In situ biomonitoring

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BIOMONITORING; COLD VAPOR ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; FERN FROND; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; REGRESSION EQUATION; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION; EPIPHYTE; FERN; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIPHYTE; FROND; LEAF SENESCENCE; POLYPODIACEAE;

FILICOPHYTA; LEPISORUS THUNBERGIANUS; POLYPODIACEAE;

EID: 71649083917     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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