Determination of the optimal size of area to be sampled by use of the moss biomonitoring technique

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-48

  Varela, Zulema ^a   Fernandez J A ^a   Aboal, J R ^a   Real, C ^a   Carballeira, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric contamination; Bryophytes; Pseudoscleropodium purum; Semivariograms

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; METALLOID; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTOCORRELATION; BIOMONITORING; BRYOPHYTE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MOSS; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIOGRAM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOSS; NONHUMAN; SEMIVARIOGRAM;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PSEUDOSCLEROPODIUM PURUM;

EID: 79952484328     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-010-9180-z     Document Type: Article

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