Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) leaves as biomonitors of atmospheric metal pollution in arid and semi-arid environments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1635-1640

  Al Khashman, Omar Ali ^a   Al Muhtaseb, Ala'A H ^a   Ibrahim, Khalid A ^a  

^a AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Arid environment; Atmospheric deposition; Biomonitoring; Date palm leaves; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

ALL METAL; ARID ENVIRONMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC METALS; BIOMONITORING; BIOMONITORS; CONTROL SAMPLES; DATE PALM; DATE PALM LEAVES; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL SITES; METAL CONTAMINATION; METAL POLLUTANTS; ROAD TRAFFIC; RURAL SITE; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SOIL SAMPLE;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; METALS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

COPPER; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANGIOSPERM; ARID ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; HEAVY METAL; LEAF; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEMIARID REGION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NONHUMAN; PALM TREE; PH MEASUREMENT; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TRAFFIC; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ARECACEAE; AUTOMOBILES; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

JORDAN; MAAN;

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 79955081802     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.02.045     Document Type: Article

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