Using plane tree leaves for biomonitoring of dust borne heavy metals: A case study from Isfahan, Central Iran

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 64-73

  Norouzi, Samira ^a   Khademi, Hossein ^a   Faz Cano, Angel ^b   Acosta, Jose A ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dust; Biomonitoring; Heavy metals; Platanus orientalis L.; Temporal and spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION; POLLUTION DETECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC DUST; ATMOSPHERIC HEAVY METALS; BIOMONITORING; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; PLATANUS ORIENTALIS L; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION MAP; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DUST;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; DUST; HEAVY METAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ESFAHAN [ESFAHAN (PRV)]; ESFAHAN [IRAN]; IRAN;

PLATANUS; PLATANUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 84929484727     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.04.011     Document Type: Article

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