Assessment of potentially toxic metals concentration in Karst areas of the Mehedinţi Plateau Geopark (Romania)

Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-110

  Giurginca, Andrei ^a   Munteanu, Cristian Mihai ^a   Stanomir, Maria Luiza ^b   Niculescu, Gheorghe ^c   Giurginca, Maria ^b  

^a EMIL RACOVI INSTITUTE OF SPELEOLOGY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c National Research Institute for Conservation and Restoration   (Romania)

Author keywords

AAS; Diplopoda; FBAF; Karst ecosystems; Leaf litter; Mehedin i Plateau Geopark; Oniscidea; PTM; XRF

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; KARST; LEAF LITTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROTECTED AREA; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

MEHEDINTI; ROMANIA;

DIPLOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ONISCIDEA;

EID: 77957777672     PISSN: 18424090     EISSN: 1844489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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