A SANDWICH TECHNIQUE FOR THE CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF AIR POLLUTANTS WITH THE BRYOPHYTE SPHAGNUM

M. KIRCHHOFF, H. RUDOLPH
The Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory = Hattori Shokubutsu Kenkyujo hokoku  
Sphagnum magellanicum was collected in a bog near Kiel , Schleswig-Holstein, FRG. Metal ions were removed from the plants before using the material for collecting air pollutants. For use in the field, the washed Sphagnum was sand wiched between two layers of plastic screen and suspended , by the edges only, in a plastic holder. This method allowed the installation of a heater in the holder. The particular
doi:10.18968/jhbl.67.0_423 fatcat:uz4trmj7fjdlzadqnydvurr4ui