Table 8

Time sampling design according to organs and sites.

Organs
studied metals
Sites
Sampling time
studied period

Leaves
Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb
Calvi
- 1988 (February and May)
1988 – 2004



- 1993 (March, June, September and December)




- 1994 (February, April and June)




- 2003 (November)




- 2004 (December)


Sheaths
Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Cd and Pb
Calvi
- 2001 (November)
1992 – 2002


Lumio
- 2002 (February)
(dated back)


Saint-Florent




Nonza




Macinaggio




Bastia



Gosselin et al. BMC Ecology 2006 6:12   doi:10.1186/1472-6785-6-12