The guava tree as bioindicator during the process of fuel replacement of an oil refinery

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-45

  Silva, Simone F ^a   Meirelles, Sérgio T ^b   Moraes, Regina M ^a  

^a Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais do Estado de São Paulo   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomonitoring; Gas exchange; Leaf injury; Psidium guajava 'Paluma'

Indexed keywords

FUEL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PETROLEUM; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUDE OIL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRUIT; GAS EXCHANGE; NATURAL GAS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TREE;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANT DISEASE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; GUAVA; HUMIDITY; LEAF GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OIL INDUSTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRECIPITATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHOOT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL FUELS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PSIDIUM;

BRAZIL; CUBATAO; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 84875237777     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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