Biomonitors of urban air pollution: Magnetic studies and SEM observations of corticolous foliose and microfoliose lichens and their suitability for magnetic monitoring

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 172, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-69

  Chaparro, Marcos A E ^a,b   Lavornia, Juan M ^a   Chaparro, Mauro A E ^c   Sinito, Ana M ^a  

^a Instituto de Física Arroyo Seco ^*  (Argentina)

^b CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Biomonitoring; Lichen; Magnetic susceptibility; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; BIOMONITORS; CONTROL SITES; GRAIN SIZE; INDUSTRIAL SITES; LICHEN; MAGNETIC CARRIERS; MAGNETIC MONITORING; MAGNETIC STUDIES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTED SITES; SEM OBSERVATION; STUDY AREAS; TOXIC ELEMENTS; TREE BARKS; URBAN AIR POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FUNGI; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

URBAN GROWTH;

IRON OXIDE; MAGNETITE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; GRAIN SIZE; LICHEN; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION MONITORING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BARK; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOLOUS FOLIOSE LICHEN; DIRINARIA PICTA; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MAGNETISM; MICROFOLIOSE LICHEN; NONHUMAN; PARMOTREMA PILOSUM; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUNCTELIA HIPOLEUCITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHENS; MAGNETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; TANDIL;

DIRINARIA PICTA; PARMOTREMA; PUNCTELIA;

EID: 84866129555     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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