Analysis of temporal variability in the concentrations of some elements in the terrestrial moss Pseudoscleropodium purum

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 210-216

  Boquete, M T ^a   Fernandez J A ^a   Aboal, J R ^a   Carballeira, A ^a  

^a Facultad de Biologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric contamination; Biomonitoring; Terrestrial bryophytes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MOSS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PSEUDOSCLEROPODIUM PURUM;

EID: 79957843485     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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