Psidium guajava as a bioaccumulator of nickel around an oil refinery, southern Brazil

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 647-654

  Trindade Perry, Carolina ^a   Divan, Armando Molina ^a   Raya Rodriguez, Maria Teresa ^a   Lúcia Atz, Vera ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental monitoring; Nickel; Photosynthesis; Psidium guajava; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; CROP PLANT; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LEAF AREA; NICKEL; OIL PRODUCTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; REFINING INDUSTRY;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAZIL; CARBOXYLATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GUAVA; LEAF AREA; NONHUMAN; OIL INDUSTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NICKEL; PETROLEUM; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PSIDIUM;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL;

PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 77951667864     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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