Daimari R., Bhuyan P., Hussain S., Nayaka S., Mazumder M.A.J. & Hoque R.R.
(2020):
Biomonitoring by epiphytic lichen species—Pyxine cocoes (Sw.) Nyl.: Understanding characteristics of trace metal in ambient air of different land uses in mid-Brahmaputra Valley,
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment,
192(1): 37
This study presents a comparative assessment of the trace metal air pollutants of urban, peri-urban, and rural areas of the Brahmaputra Valley plain in the Eastern Himalayan region using biomonitoring of Pyxine cocoes. In situ collection of the thalli growing on Bombax sp. from representative locations was done, which was analyzed for Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, Pb, and Zn using ICP-OES. The metals, viz. Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb, and Zn, were highly enriched, indicating anthropogenic influences. …
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