Elemental concentrations in deposited dust on leaves along an urbanization gradient

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 514-520

  Simon, Edina ^a   Baranyai, Edina ^a   Braun, Mihály ^b   Cserháti, Csaba ^a   Fábián, István ^a   Tóthmérész, Béla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

^c MTA DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Stomata density; Stomata size; Trichomes; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREAS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; STOMATA SIZE; TRICHOMES; URBANIZATION; URBANIZATION GRADIENTS;

DUST;

BARIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; ZINC; AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; HEAVY METAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LEAF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STOMATA; TRICHOME; URBANIZATION;

ACER; ACER CAMPESTRE; ACER NEGUNDO; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CELTIS OCCIDENTALIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUNGARY; LEAF SURFACE; NONHUMAN; PADUS SEROTINA; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUERCUS ROBUR; RURAL AREA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBURBAN AREA; TRICHOME; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

DEBRECEN; HAJDU-BIHAR; HUNGARY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUNGARY; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT LEAVES; TRACE ELEMENTS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84901392793     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.028     Document Type: Article

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