Does spatial auto-correlation call for a revision of latest heavy metal and nitrogen deposition maps?

Environmental Sciences Europe

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Schröder, Winfried ^a   Pesch, Roland ^a   Harmens, Harry ^b   Fagerli, Hilde ^c   Ilyin, Ilia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VECHTA   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d Meteorological Synthesizing Centre East of EMEP   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmospheric depositions of Cd; Biomonitoring; Concentrations of Cd; EMEP deposition network and modelling; ICP Vegetation; Pb and N; Pb and N in mosses

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; HEAVY METAL; MAPPING METHOD; MOSS; NITROGEN; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84867077882     PISSN: 21904707     EISSN: 21904715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2190-4715-24-20     Document Type: Article

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