Lichens reveal air PAH fractionation in the Himalaya

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-23

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

^a BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Dispersal of PAHs; Gas and particle bound PAHs; Lichen

Indexed keywords

DERMATOCARPON;

EID: 84874527001     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-012-0372-4     Document Type: Article

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