Moss biomonitoring of air pollution with heavy metals in the vicinity of a ferronickel smelter plant

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 645-656

  Bačeva, Katerina ^a   Stafilov, Trajče ^a   Šajn, Robert ^b   Tǎnǎselia, Claudiu ^c  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Romania)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomonitoring; Heavy metals; Kavadarci; Moss; Republic of Macedonia

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BIOMONITORING; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ENRICHMENT RATIO; FERRONICKEL; GEOGENIC; KAVADARCI; MACEDONIA; MEDIAN VALUE; MOSS; MOSS SAMPLES; POLLUTED AREA; SAMPLING NETWORK; SMELTER PLANTS;

AIR POLLUTION; CESIUM; ERBIUM; EUROPIUM; GADOLINIUM; GERMANIUM; GOLD; HEAVY METALS; HOLMIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; MANGANESE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM; YTTERBIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

STRONTIUM;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CERIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; DYSPROSIUM; ERBIUM; EUROPIUM; FERRONICKEL; GADOLINIUM; GALLIUM; GERMANIUM; GOLD; HEAVY METAL; HOLMIUM; LANTHANUM; LEAD; LITHIUM; LUTETIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOSS; NONHUMAN; SMELTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BRYOPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRON; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84859710052     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2012.650587     Document Type: Article

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