Boileau, LJR/ Beckett, PJ/ Lavoie, P/ Richardson, DHS 1982: Lichens and mosses as monitors of industrial activity associated with uranium mining in northern Ontario, Canada--part 1: field procedures, chemical analysis and interspecies comparisons. - Environmental Pollution, Series B4: 69-84. [RLL List # 119-15 / Rec.# 2087] Keywords: CANADA/ ONTARIO/ X-RAY FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY/ CLADONIA/ URANIUM/ TECHNIQUES/ ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS
Abstract: 6 tales. [Authors used a modified x-ray fluorescence spectrometry technique and tested levels of five elements in 109 lichen and 98 moss samples. Cladonia rangiferina and C. mitis were found to be the most useful monitors in the lichen group.]