Abundance, correlations and spatial patterns of nutrients and metals in till, humus, moss and pine needles in a boreal forest, western Finland

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-69

  Fältmarsch, Rasmus ^a   Peltola, Pasi ^b   Åström, Mats ^b   Raitio, Hannu ^c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic deposition; Humus; Moss; Needles; Spatial pattern; Till

Indexed keywords

COAL COMBUSTION; COAL INDUSTRY; COPPER CORROSION; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC LINES; FORESTRY; NEEDLES; SOILS; STEELMAKING;

ANTHROPOGENIC DEPOSITION; HUMUS; MOSS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TILL;

NUTRIENTS;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CORRELATION; HEAVY METAL; HUMUS; MOSS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TILL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33846562534     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/06-118     Document Type: Article

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