Determination of copper, iron, nickel, and sulphur by X-ray fluorescence in lichens from the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, and the Sudbury District, Ontario

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Tomassini, F. D., Puckett, K. J., Nieboer, E., Richardson, D. H. S., Grace, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1976
• Subjects: Plant Science; Arctic; Northwest Territories; Mackenzie Valley
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b76-172; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b76-172

X-ray fluorescence was adapted to the analysis of 22 terricolous lichen species from 14 sites in the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, and 7 species from the Sudbury District of Northern Ontario. X-ray fluorescence (XRF) proved to be faster and exhibited better sensitivity and reproducibility...