The spatial and seasonal variation of nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Canada, and the association with lichen abundance

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 303-311

  Gibson, Mark D ^a   Heal, Mathew R ^b   Li, Zhengyan ^c   Kuchta, James ^a   King, Gavin H ^a   Hayes, Alex ^a   Lambert, Sheldon ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cape Breton Highlands National Park; Index of air purity; Lichen; NO2; Ogawa passive diffusion sampler; SO2

Indexed keywords

CANADA; INDEX OF AIR PURITY; LICHEN; NATIONAL PARKS; PASSIVE DIFFUSION SAMPLERS; SO2;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; FUNGI; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; SULFUR;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ABUNDANCE; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPIPHYTE; LICHEN; NATIONAL PARK; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PURIFICATION; SAMPLER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CANADA; LICHEN (ORGANISM); NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUMMER; TOURISM; WINTER;

AIR QUALITY; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; DIFFUSION; FUNGI; NITROGEN OXIDES; PURITY; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CANADA; CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS NATIONAL PARK; CAPE BRETON ISLAND; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 84868238747     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.09.068     Document Type: Article

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