Tracking the Spatial Fate of PCDD/F Emissions from a Cement Plant by Using Lichens as Environmental Biomonitors

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2434-2441

  Augusto, Sofia ^a,e   Pinho, Pedro ^a,b   Santos, Artur ^a   Botelho, Maria João ^c   Palma Oliveira, José ^d   Branquinho, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c Secil Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CEMENT PLANTS; CEMENTS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; POLLUTION;

BEST MATCH; BIOMONITORS; CEMENT MANUFACTURING; DEPOSITION MODELS; MULTIPLE SOURCE; NATURAL PARK; PREVAILING WINDS; SPATIAL IMPACTS;

FUNGI;

CEMENT; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; AIR POLLUTANT; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; CEMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LICHEN; OROGRAPHY; PCDD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TRACKING;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WIND; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; BUILDING MATERIAL; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; PORTUGAL; PROCEDURES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZOFURANS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LICHENS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXINS; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84960172286     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04873     Document Type: Article

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