Comparison of plant and precipitation chemistry in catchments with different levels of pollution on the Kola Peninsula, Russia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 243-244, Issue , 1999, Pages 169-191

  Reimann, Clemens ^a   Halleraker, Jo H ^b   Kashulina, Galina ^c   Bogatyrev, Igor ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d State Company Mineral   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Bio indicator; Crowberry; Heavy metals; Rain; Reindeer lichen; Snow; Terrestrial moss

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; APATITE; CALCIUM; GOLD; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MAGNESIUM; METAL; MINERAL; NICKEL; RAIN; SNOW; SULFUR; TITANIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PLANT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; INDUSTRY; LICHEN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOSS; PLANT; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETATION;

KOLA PENINSULA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

CLADONIA; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI;

EID: 0032763144     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00390-3     Document Type: Article

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