Lichens to distinguish urban from industrial PAHs

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-164

  Shukla, Vertika ^a   Patel, D K ^b   Upreti, D K ^c   Yunus, M ^a  

^a BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^c CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; India; Lichen; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Pyxine subcinerea Stirton; Source fingerprinting

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FORESTRY; FUNGI; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH;

BIOMONITORING; BIOMONITORS; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LICHEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYXINE SUBCINEREA STIRTON; SOURCE FINGERPRINTING; TOTAL POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; URBAN SITE;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

PYXINE SUBCINEREA;

EID: 84860748908     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-011-0336-0     Document Type: Article

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