Air quality monitoring system using lichens as bioindicators in Central Argentina

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 182, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 375-383

  Estrabou, Cecilia ^a   Filippini, Edith ^a   Soria, Juan Pablo ^a   Schelotto, Gabriel ^a   Rodriguez, Juan Manuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Air pollution; GIS; IAP; Lichen community; Urban

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR QUALITY MONITORING; ARGENTINA; BIOMONITORING; IAP; LICHEN COMMUNITY; NUMBER OF SPECIES; SOUTH AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING; URBAN;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; LICHEN; MONITORING SYSTEM; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANDELARIA CONCOLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); INDICATOR ORGANISM; LEPTOGIUM CYANESCENS; LICHENS; LOWER PLANT; NONHUMAN; PARMOTREMA PILOSUM; PARMOTREMA RETICULATUM; PHYSCIA ENDOCHRYSCEA; PHYSCIA UNDULATA; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT GROWTH; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PUNCTELIA MICROSTICA; RAMALINA CELASTRI; SPECIES COMPARISON; TELOSCHISTES CYMBALIFER; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ARGENTINA; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LICHENS;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA];

PHYSCIA; PHYSCIA UNDULATA;

EID: 80054724894     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-1882-4     Document Type: Article

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