Trace-element enrichment in epiphytic lichens and tree bark at Pico Island, Azores, Portugal

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-418

  Pacheco, Adriano M G ^a   Freitas, Maria Do Carmo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b Technological and Nuclear Institute   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT; NATURAL CONTAMINANTS; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; PREPARATION PROCEDURES;

FUNGI;

TRACE ELEMENT;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BARK; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; JAPANESE CEDAR; LICHEN; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PARMOTREMA BANGII; PARMOTREMA ROBUSTUM; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVATION; AEROSOLS; NEUTRONS; OXIDES; SCANDIUM; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; PARMOTREMA; PARMOTREMA ROBUSTUM;

EID: 77249161651     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.59.4.411     Document Type: Article

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