Joint assessment of responses of biomonitors to airborne nickel and vanadium through nuclear and non-nuclear techniques

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2008

Authors

pacheco, amg (Author) Other; freitas, mc (Author) Other; baptista, ms (Author) FCUP; vasconcelos, mtsd (Author) Other; cabral, jp (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Vol. 276

Pages: 135-141

ISSN: 0236-5731

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Chemical sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-004-0M2

DOI: 10.1007/s10967-008-0422-3

Abstract (EN): This study deals with the influence of the exposure conditions on biological uptake, by looking into concentrations of Ni and V in lichen thalli and tree bark after continuous and discontinuous field trials at littoral sites impacted by anthropogenic emissions. Biomonitors were assessed by k(0)-INAA and AAS. Correlations at Sines are more apparent than at Viana or Lisboa. When data from all sites are pooled, V shows correlations for practically every situation while Ni shows none, which may indicate a dissimilar uptake mechanism for each element. At Sines, V/Ni ratios reach values that comply with emissions from oil-related industries.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7