Terrestrial mosses as biomonitors of atmospheric POPs pollution: A review

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 173, Issue , 2013, Pages 245-254

  Harmens, H ^a   Foan, L ^b,c   Simon, V ^b,c   Mills, G ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Biomonitoring; Bryophytes; Persistent organic pollutants; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BIOMONITORING; BIOMONITORS; BRYOPHYTES; DEPOSITION FLUXES; DIOXINS AND FURANS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PCDD/FS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLAR REGIONS; POLLUTION SOURCES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLOROBIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); REMOTE AREAS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMONITORING; BRYOPHYTE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MOSS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PBDE; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLAR REGION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BRYOPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 84870224300     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.10.005     Document Type: Review

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