Impact of emission from oil shale fueled power plants on the growth and foliar elemental concentrations of Scots pine in Estonia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-308

  Ots, Katri ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Fly ash; Mineral elements; Oil shale fueled power plants; Pinus sylvestris

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; FUEL OILS; GAS EMISSIONS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; PLANTS (BOTANY); ZINC;

ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CALCIUM; COPPER; MAGNESIUM; OIL; SULFUR; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GROWTH; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION;

AGE; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONIFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DRY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTONIA; FLY ASH; FOREST; HUMUS; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PINE; PLANT LEAF; SHOOT GROWTH; SOIL ANALYSIS; TREE GROWTH; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTONIA; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; POWER PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WIND;

ESTONIA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FRAXINUS; OXALIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0037871934     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023906428474     Document Type: Article

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