Disentangling natural and anthropogenic sources of atmospheric sulfur in an industrial region using biomonitors

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2222-2229

  Barros, Ceres ^a,c   Pinho, Pedro ^a   Durão, Rita ^b   Augusto, Sofia ^a   Máguas, Cristina ^a   Pereira, Maria João ^b   Branquinho, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ISOTOPES;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BIOMONITORS; COASTAL REGIONS; ISOTOPIC VALUES; SOURCE TRACER;

FUNGI;

COAL; ISOTOPE; SULFUR; AIR POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; LICHEN; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUROPE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LICHEN (ORGANISM); NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP MILL; SEA; SEASHORE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PORTUGAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHENS; PORTUGAL; SULFUR;

EID: 84923103790     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505292t     Document Type: Article

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