Lichen transplants as a suitable tool to identify mercury pollution from waste incinerators: A case study from NE Italy

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 589-600

  Tretiach, Mauro ^a   Candotto Carniel, Fabio ^a   Loppi, Stefano ^b   Carniel, Alberto ^c   Bortolussi, Adriano ^c   Mazzilis, Denis ^d   Del Bianco, Clorinda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c ARPA FVG   (Italy)

^d FVG   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active biomonitoring; Elemental composition; Incinerator; Pseudevernia furfuracea; Robinia pseudacacia

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE BIOMONITORING; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION; INCINERATOR; PSEUDEVERNIA FURFURACEA; ROBINIA PSEUDACACIA;

MERCURY (METAL);

REFUSE INCINERATORS;

MERCURY;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUNGUS; INCINERATION; LICHEN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; TREE; WIND DIRECTION;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; INCINERATION; ITALY; LICHENS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDEVERNIA FURFURACEA; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INCINERATION; LICHENS; MERCURY;

ITALY;

PSEUDEVERNIA FURFURACEA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 79952445535     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1553-x     Document Type: Article

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