Pleurozium schreberi of the Tatra mountains (Poland) used as a bioindicational system for observing long range atmospheric transport of chemical elements

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 157-166

  Kolon, Krzysztof ^a   Samecka Cymerman, Aleksandra ^a   Kempers, Alexander J ^b   Mróz, Lucyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioindication; Metal; Pleurozium schreberi; Tatra mountains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858278917     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: 15730662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-011-9198-x     Document Type: Article

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