Epiphytic lichens as indicators of environmental quality around a municipal solid waste landfill (C Italy)

Waste Management

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-73

  Paoli, Luca ^a   Grassi, Alice ^a   Vannini, Andrea ^a   Maslaňáková, Ivana ^b   Bil'ová, Ivana ^b   Bačkor, Martin ^b   Corsini, Adelmo ^c   Loppi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomonitoring; Chlorophyll; Flavoparmelia caperata; Heavy metals; Lichen diversity values

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; FUNGI; HEAVY METALS; LAND FILL; LIPIDS; METABOLITES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BIOMONITORING; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; FLAVOPARMELIA CAPERATA; LICHEN DIVERSITY VALUES; MEMBRANE LIPID PEROXIDATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ERGOSTEROL; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MEMBRANE LIPID; NICKEL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; ZINC; AIR POLLUTANT; SOLID WASTE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEAVY METAL; LANDFILL; LICHEN; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIPHYTE; FLAVOPARMELIA CAPERATA; INDICATOR ORGANISM; ITALY; LANDFILL; LICHEN (ORGANISM); LIPID PEROXIDATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY;

ITALY;

FLAVOPARMELIA CAPERATA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; LICHENS; METALS, HEAVY; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84945312719     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.04.033     Document Type: Article

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