Is it possible to estimate atmospheric deposition of heavy metals by analysis of terrestrial mosses?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 6291-6297

  Aboal, J R ^a   Fernandez J A ^a   Boquete, T ^a   Carballeira, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioindication; Biomonitoring; Bryophytes; Precipitation analysis

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BULK DENSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; MOSS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

ATMOSPHERE; BRYOPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; METALS, HEAVY; RAIN; SNOW; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 77958084568     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.09.013     Document Type: Note

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