Lichens as an integrating tool for monitoring PAH atmospheric deposition: A comparison with soil, air and pine needles

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 483-489

  Augusto, Sofia ^a   Máguas, Cristina ^a   Matos, João ^b   Pereira, Maria João ^c   Branquinho, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Portuguese Environmental Agency   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Organic compounds; Pine needles

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BIOMONITORS; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INTERCOMPARISONS; PINE NEEDLE; PINE NEEDLES; REGULATORY STANDARDS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NEEDLES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; LICHEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PAH; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LICHENS; NONHUMAN; PINE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LICHENS; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PORTUGAL; SOIL;

EID: 73549112897     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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