Traffic represents the main source of pollution in small Mediterranean urban areas as seen by lichen functional groups

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2017, Pages 12016-12025

  Llop, Esteve ^a,b   Pinho, Pedro ^a,c   Ribeiro, Manuel C ^c   Pereira, Maria João ^c   Branquinho, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Air quality; Bioindication; Functional traits; Pollution; Small urban areas

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LICHEN; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

EXHAUST GAS;

ANALYSIS; BARK; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; LICHEN (ORGANISM); POLLUTION; PORTUGAL; TREE;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; LICHENS; PLANT BARK; PORTUGAL; TREES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 85013040597     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8598-0     Document Type: Article

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