Lichen and soil as indicators of an atmospheric mercury contamination in the vicinity of a chlor-alkali plant (Grenoble, France)

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 178-183

  Grangeon, Sylvain ^a   Guédron, Stéphane ^a   Asta, Juliette ^b   Sarret, Géraldine ^a   Charlet, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Chlor alkali; France; Lichens; Mercury; Soils; Xanthoria parietina

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; BIOMONITORING; CHLOR-ALKALI; CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS; DEPOSITION MODELS; EMISSION RATIO; FIRST-ORDER; FRANCE; GEOCHEMICAL BACKGROUND; GRENOBLE; HG CONCENTRATIONS; LICHENS; LITERATURE DATA; REACTIVE GASEOUS MERCURY; SOIL PROFILES; TOP SOILS; XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MERCURY (METAL); SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BRINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LICHEN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SAMPLING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE;

FRANCE; GRENOBLE; ISERE; RHONE-ALPES;

XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

EID: 80053273605     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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