Comparative use of lichens, mosses and tree bark to evaluate nitrogen deposition in Germany

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 189, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-53

  Boltersdorf, Stefanie H ^a   Pesch, Roland ^b   Werner, Willy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VECHTA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bark; Lichens; Mosses; Nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

BARK; LICHENS; MOSSES; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; STABLE ISOTOPES;

FUNGI;

NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BARK; BIOMONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LICHEN; MOSS; NITROGEN; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ACER PSEUDOPLANTANUS; ARTICLE; BARK; BETULA PENDULA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME; LICHEN (DISEASE); MOSS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PARMELIA; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; PSEUDOSCLEROPODIUM PURUM; SCOTS PINE; TREE; WET DEPOSITION; WILLOW; XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

GERMANY;

BARK; LICHENS; MOSSES; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; STABLE ISOTOPES (15)N;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; BRYOPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; LICHENS; NITROGEN; PLANT BARK;

EID: 84896509715     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.02.017     Document Type: Article

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