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Related Web Sites

• The EURASAP Workshop on Air Pollution & the Natural Environment.
  • Mapping of Particulate Air-Pollution on Beijing by Plant Bio-Monitors
• Magnetic biomonitoring of roadside tree leaves: Identification of spatial and temporal variations in vehicle-derived particulates
• Analysis of Atmospheric Particles Deposited onto Mesquite Leaves in the Central Arizona - Phoenix LTER Area
• Dry deposition of atmospheric PAHs to three Plantago species
• Biomonitoring of Air Quality Using Plants
• Centre for Electron Optical Studies SEM photos of plant leaf surfaces
• Particulate air pollution with emphasis on traffic generated aerosols (see chapter 8)
• Leaf cuticles as potential markers of air pollutant exposure in trees