The assessment of lichens as bioindicator of heavy metal pollution from motor vehicles activites

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1698-1706

  Aslan, Ali ^a   Çiçek, Arzu ^b   Yazici, Kenan ^c   Karagöz, Yalçin ^a   Turan, Metin ^d   Akkuş, Ferda ^d   Yildirim, Omer Selim ^d  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Enrichment factor; Heavy metal pollution; Lichen; Traffic pollution

Indexed keywords

LECANORA MURALIS; XANTHORIA CANDELARIA; XANTHORIA ELEGANS;

EID: 79956335960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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