Use of plants for biomonitoring of airborne mercury in contaminated areas

Environmental Research

Volumn 125, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-123

  Lodenius, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Flux; Lichen; Mercury; Moss; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BIOMONITORING; CONTAMINATED LAND; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LICHEN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOSS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONIFER NEEDLE; DRY DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; LEAF GAS EXCHANGE; LICHEN (ORGANISM); LIGHT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOSS; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT METABOLISM; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOOT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION; WET DEPOSITION;

BIOMONITORING; FLUX; LICHEN; MERCURY; MOSS; VEGETATION;

ABSORPTION; AGARICALES; AIR POLLUTANTS; BRYOPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMIDITY; LICHENS; LIGHT; MERCURY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; TEMPERATURE;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84881555406     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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