Biomonitoring of traffic-related nitrogen pollution using Letharia vulpina (L.) Hue in the Sierra Nevada, California

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 205-212

  Bermejo Orduna, R ^a   McBride, J R ^b   Shiraishi, K ^a   Elustondo, D ^a   Lasheras, E ^a   Santamaria J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical load; Heavy metals; Isotopic signature; Letharia vulpina; Nitrogen; Traffic pollution

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; HEAVY METALS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; NITROGEN; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

CRITICAL LOAD; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LETHARIA VULPINA; MIXED-CONIFER FORESTS; SECONDARY FOREST ROADS; SIERRA NEVADA , CALIFORNIA; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; TRAFFIC POLLUTION;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS FOREST; CRITICAL LOAD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LICHEN; NITROGEN; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TRACE ELEMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LETHARIA VULPINA; LICHEN (ORGANISM); NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; POLLUTION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FORESTRY; FUNGI; HEAVY METALS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; NITROGEN; POLLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SIERRA MADRE [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; LICHENS; NITROGEN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84900992802     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.119     Document Type: Article

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