Tissue S/N ratios and stable isotopes (δ34S and δ15N) of epilithic mosses (Haplocladium microphyllum) for showing air pollution in urban cities in Southern China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1726-1732

  Xiao, Hua Yun ^a   Tang, Cong Guo ^a   Xiao, Hong Wei ^a   Wang, Yan Li ^a   Liu, Xue Yan ^a   Liu, Cong Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

15N; 34S; Acid rain; Coal; Industrial cities; Moss; S N ratios; South China

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CLASS I; CLASS II; CONSTANT RATIO; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL CITIES; INDUSTRIAL CITY; ISOTOPE RATIO; MOSS SPECIES; S/N RATIO; SOUTH CHINA; SOUTHERN CHINA; STABLE ISOTOPES; WET DEPOSITION;

ACID RAIN; ACIDS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COAL; ISOTOPES; SULFUR;

COAL INDUSTRY;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN 15; RAIN; SULFATE; SULFUR; SULFUR 34; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID RAIN; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; COAL; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MOSS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAPLOCLADIUM MICROPHYLLUM; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PLANT TISSUE; POPULATION DENSITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BRYOPHYTA; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SULFUR ISOTOPES; URBAN HEALTH;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA; BRYOHAPLOCLADIUM MICROPHYLLUM; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 77949917364     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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