Stable sulphur and nitrogen isotopes of the moss Haplocladium microphyllum at urban, rural and forested sites

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 34, 2010, Pages 4312-4317

  Xiao, Hua Yun ^a   Tang, Cong Guo ^a   Xiao, Hong Wei ^a   Liu, Xue Yan ^a   Liu, Cong Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Atmospheric deposition; Isotopes; Mosses; Nitrogen; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; EFFECTIVE TOOL; FORESTED SITES; MOSSES; N CONTENT; N DEPOSITION; N VALUE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGEN SUPPLY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RURAL SITE; SOUTH CHINA; STABLE ISOTOPES; SULPHUR; URBAN SITE;

ACID RAIN; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITROGEN; POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SULFUR; WASTE INCINERATION;

COAL COMBUSTION;

COAL; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

ACID RAIN; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; COAL; COMBUSTION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; MOSS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEIN; RURAL AREA; SEWAGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; URBAN SITE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS; CHINA; COMBUSTION; FIRE; FOREST; HAPLOCLADIUM MICROPHYLLUM; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

CHINA;

BRYOHAPLOCLADIUM MICROPHYLLUM; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 79953303316     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.05.023     Document Type: Article

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