Improved biomonitoring of airborne contaminants by combined use of holm oak leaves and epiphytic moss

Chemosphere

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1224-1230

  De Nicola, F ^a   Spagnuolo, V ^b   Baldantoni, D ^c   Sessa, L ^c   Alfani, A ^c   Bargagli, R ^d   Monaci, F ^d   Terracciano, S ^b   Giordano, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution gradient; Bioaccumulation; Leptodon smithii; PAHs; Quercus ilex; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS; ECO-PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ITALIAN REGIONS; LEPTODON SMITHII; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLLUTION GRADIENT; QUERCUS ILEX;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; EPIPHYTE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MOSS; PAH; POLLUTANT; TREE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLIMAX COMMUNITY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ITALY; LANDSCAPING; LEPTODON SMITHII; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOSS; NONHUMAN; OAK; PLANT LEAF; QUERCUS ILEX; SOUTHERN EUROPE; URBAN AREA;

BRYOPHYTA; LEPTODON SMITHII; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84880301569     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.04.050     Document Type: Article

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