Author/Editor		Lupšina, V; Horvat, M; Jeran, Z; Stegnar, P
Title		Investigation of mercury speciation in lichens
Type		članek
Source		Analyst
Vol. and No.		Letnik 117, št. 3
Publication year		1992
Volume		str. 673-5
Language		eng
Abstract		Epiphytic lichens have long been considered to be reliable bioindicators of air pollution. In the present study only one lichen species, Hypogymnia physodes (L.) Nyl., was chosen; this species is very often used for biomonitoring in Europe. Total mercury and methylmercury were determined in lichens taken from various polluted and unpolluted locations in Slovenia, including a mercury mining area around Idrija. Additionally, total gaseous mercury in air was also determined at several sampling points.
Descriptors		LICHENS MERCURY METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS AIR POLLUTANTS, ENVIRONMENTAL SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC ABSORPTION YUGOSLAVIA