Distribution and sources of bioaccumulative air pollutants at Mezquital Valley, Mexico, as reflected by the atmospheric plant <i>Tillandsia recurvata</i> L.

Mezquital Valley (MV), a Mexican wastewater-based agricultural and industrial region, is a "hot spot" of regulated air pollutants emissions, but the concurrent unregulated ones, like hazardous metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), remain undocumented. A biomonitoring survey wi...

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Main Authors: A. Zambrano García, C. Medina Coyotzin, A. Rojas Amaro, D. López Veneroni, L. Chang Martínez, G. Sosa Iglesias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-09-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/9/6479/2009/acp-9-6479-2009.pdf