Regional variation in the chemical composition of winter snow pack and terricolous lichens in relation to sources of acid emissions in the Usa river basin, northeast European Russia

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 401-412

  Walker, T R ^a   Crittenden, P D ^a   Young, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Atmospheric deposition; Biological indicators; Lichens; Nitrogen deposition; Russian Arctic; Snow chemistry

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; NITRATES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS; POLLUTION; SNOW; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

POLLUTION GRADIENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ACID; ALKALINE EARTH METAL; CALCIUM ION; COAL; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; POTASSIUM ION; SNOW; SULFATE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOINDICATOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LICHEN; NITROGEN; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; ASH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLADONIA STELLARIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT; RIVER BASIN; WATER POLLUTION;

INTA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; USINSK; VORKUTA;

CLADONIA; CLADONIA ARBUSCULA; CLADONIA STELLARIS; FLAVOCETRARIA CUCULLATA; FRAXINUS;

EID: 0037783869     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00080-0     Document Type: Article

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