Study of the air quality in industrial areas of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain) by active biomonitoring with Pseudoscleropodium purum

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 533-541

  Ares, Ángela ^a   Ángel Fernández, Jose ^a   Ramón Aboal, Jesús ^a   Carballeira, Alejo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Moss bags; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; ARSENIC ACID; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; CADMIUM; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; LEAD; MERCURY; NAPHTHALENE; NICKEL; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; VANADIUM;

AIR QUALITY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; MOSS; NICKEL; PAH; URBAN AREA; VANADIUM;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOSCLEROPODIUM PURUM; SPAIN; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BRYOPSIDA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SPAIN;

CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(CTY) TENERIFE]; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

BRYOPHYTA; PSEUDOSCLEROPODIUM PURUM;

EID: 79951957341     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.08.019     Document Type: Article

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