Use of the terrestrial moss Pseudoscleropodium purum to detect sources of small scale contamination by PAHs

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 5501-5509

  Ares, A ^a   Aboal, J R ^a   Fernandez J A ^a   Real, C ^a   Carballeira, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air quality; Contamination; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Pseudoscleropodium purum

Indexed keywords

BENZO(A)PYRENE; CONCENTRATION OF; EMISSION SOURCES; EXTREME VALUE; SAMPLING SITE; SMALL SCALE; STEEP GRADIENTS;

AIR QUALITY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION DETECTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; MOSS; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TESTING METHOD;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; MOSS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

BRYOPHYTA; PSEUDOSCLEROPODIUM PURUM;

EID: 71749091176     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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