Lichens of the Callahan Mine, a copper- and zinc-enriched superfund site in Brooksville, Maine, U.S.A.

Rhodora

Volumn 113, Issue 953, 2011, Pages 1-31

  Rajakaruna, Nishanta ^a,b   Harris, Tanner B ^c   Clayden, Stephen R ^d   Dibble, Alison C ^e   Olday, Fred C ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Policy and Design   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

biomonitoring; conservation; edaphic ecology; endemism; environmental pollution; extremophiles; lichen metal relations; remediation; serpentine

Indexed keywords

ACAROSPORA SMARAGDULA; FUNGI; LECANORA POLYTROPA; LEPTOGIUM; STEREOCAULON TOMENTOSUM;

EID: 79958123336     PISSN: 00354902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3119/10-03.1     Document Type: Article

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