Using Moss to Assess Airborne Heavy Metal Pollution in Taizhou, China

Using Moss to Assess Airborne Heavy Metal Pollution in Taizhou, China

Bryophytes act as bioindicators and bioaccumulators of metal deposition in the environment. To understand the atmospheric deposition of heavy metals (cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn)) in Taizhou, East China, samples of moss (Haplocladium m...

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Main Authors: Xiaoli Zhou, Qin Chen, Chang Liu, Yanming Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-04-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
air quality
heavy metals
moss biomonitoring
contamination factor
ecological risk assessment
factor analysis
GIS technology
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/4/430

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