The state of the ecosystems in the central Barents Region: Scale, factors and mechanism of disturbance

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 206, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 203-225

  Kashulina, G ^a,b   Reimann, C ^b   Finne, T E ^b   Halleraker, J H ^b   Ayras M ^c   Chekushin, V A ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF NORTH INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^d Central Kola Expedition   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ecosystem damage; European arctic; Kola peninsula; Lichen; Ni smelter; Overgrazing; Pollution; Reindeer; Terrestrial moss

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARCTIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; POLLUTION;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; FINLAND; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MOSS; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

FINLAND; NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0030720066     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00226-X     Document Type: Article

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