The role of forest in mitigating the impact of atmospheric dust pollution in a mixed landscape

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2017, Pages 12038-12048

  Santos, Artur ^a   Pinho, Pedro ^a,b   Munzi, Silvana ^a   Botelho, Maria João ^c   Palma Oliveira, José Manuel ^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)

Author keywords

Ecological indicators; Ecosystem services; Heavy metals; Lichens; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; DRY DEPOSITION; DUST; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LANDSCAPE; LICHEN; MITIGATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; REMEDIATION; URBAN FORESTRY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTUGAL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTUGAL;

EID: 85017454280     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8964-y     Document Type: Article

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