Tools for determining critical levels of atmospheric ammonia under the influence of multiple disturbances

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 188, Issue , 2014, Pages 88-93

  Pinho, P ^a,b   Llop, E ^b,c   Ribeiro, M C ^a   Cruz, C ^b   Soares, A ^a   Pereira, M J ^a   Branquinho, C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Critical thresholds; Eutrophication; Functional groups; Global change; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC AMMONIA; CRITICAL LEVEL; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; GLOBAL CHANGE; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS; MULTIPLE DISTURBANCE; REGIONAL SCALE;

BIODIVERSITY; EUTROPHICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NITROGEN; TOOLS;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIODIVERSITY; EUTROPHICATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; LAND COVER; LICHEN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EFFECT; URBAN AREA; WOODLAND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVERGREEN RAIN FOREST; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LAND USE; LICHEN (ORGANISM); REFERENCE VALUE; URBAN AREA;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

BIODIVERSITY; CRITICAL THRESHOLDS; EUTROPHICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GLOBAL CHANGE; NITROGEN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHENS;

EID: 84896733370     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.01.024     Document Type: Article

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