Mosses as indicators of atmospheric metal deposition in an industrial area of southern Brazil Musgos como indicadores da deposição atmosférica de metais em uma área industrial do sul do Brasil

Caxias do Sul hosts the second largest metal-mechanic pole in Brazil, which increases the risk of atmospheric contamination. With the aim of identifying species that might be useful as indicators of atmospheric deposition of metals, 15 species of mosses from an urban and a rural setting were analyze...

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Main Authors: Aline Correa Mazzoni, Rosane Lanzer, Juçara Bordin, Alois Schäfer, Ronaldo Wasum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Botânica do Brasil 2012-09-01
Series:Acta Botânica Brasílica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062012000300005