Analysis of mercury and other heavy metals accumulated in lichen Usnea antarctica from James Ross Island, Antarctica

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 9089-9100

  Zvěřina, Ondřej ^a   Láska, Kamil ^a   Červenka, Rostislav ^a   Kuta, Jan ^a   Coufalík, Pavel ^a,b   Komárek, Josef ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Heavy metal; Lichen; Mercury

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; FUNGI; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL);

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; LICHEN; MICROCLIMATE CONDITIONS; MUTUAL CORRELATIONS;

COPPER;

HEAVY METAL; MERCURY;

ANTARCTICA; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LICHEN (ORGANISM); USNEA;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISLANDS; LICHENS; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; USNEA;

EID: 84928628660     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-4068-z     Document Type: Article

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