Air contaminants and litter fall decomposition in urban forest areas: The case of São Paulo - SP, Brazil

Environmental Research

Volumn 155, Issue , 2017, Pages 314-320

  Lamano Ferreira, Maurício ^a   Portella Ribeiro, Andreza ^a,b   Rodrigues Albuquerque, Caroline ^b   Ferreira, Ana Paula do Nascimento Lamano ^b   Figueira, Rubens César Lopes ^c   Lafortezza, Raffaele ^d,e  

^a University Nove de Julho (UNINOVE)   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollutants; Heavy metals; Rainforest; Soil ecotoxicology

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; RAIN; AIR POLLUTANT; HEAVY METAL;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; LITTERFALL; RAINFOREST; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOREST; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTER FALL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAO PAULO (STATE); SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; URBAN AREA; ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; TREE;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

AIR POLLUTANTS; BRAZIL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT LEAVES; RAIN; SEASONS; TREES;

EID: 85014382751     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.02.023     Document Type: Article

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