Open Air Laboratories (OPAL): A community-driven research programme

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 2203-2210

  Davies, L ^a   Bell, J N B ^a   Bone, J ^a   Head, M ^a   Hill, L ^a   Howard, C ^b   Hobbs, S J ^d   Jones, D T ^a,b   Power, S A ^a   Rose, N ^c   Ryder, C ^a   Seed, L ^a   Stevens, G ^b   Toumi, R ^a   Voulvoulis, N ^a   White, P C L ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pollution; Public engagement; Uncertainty; Urban

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DATA QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; HABITAT CONDITIONS; HEATHLANDS; NATIONAL PROGRAMME; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT; RESEARCH PROGRAMMES; ROADSIDE VEGETATION; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; UNCERTAINTY; URBAN; URBAN AREAS;

CULTIVATION; POLLUTION; ROADSIDES; USER INTERFACES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOMONITORING; DATA QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; HEATHLAND; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MAPPING; NITROGEN; RESEARCH PROGRAM; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CLOUD; COMMUNITY; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXHAUST GAS; HEDGEROW INTERCROPPING; INVERTEBRATE; LICHENS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; OPEN AIR LABORATORIES; ORGANIZATION; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; SYCAMORE; TREE; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79958775042     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.02.053     Document Type: Review

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