Norway spruce needles as bioindicator of air pollution in the area of influence of the Šoštanj Thermal Power Plant, Slovenia

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-291

  Al Sayegh Petkovšek, Samar ^a   Batič, Franc ^b   Ribarič Lasnik, Cvetka ^c  

^a ERICo Velenje   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c Institute of the Environment and Spatial Planning   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Antioxidants; Needles of Norway spruce; Photosynthetic pigments; SO2; Total sulphur content

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS; POWER PLANTS; SULFUR;

NEEDLES OF NORWAY SPRUCE; TOTAL SULPHUR CONTENT;

AIR POLLUTION;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLOROPHYLL; PIGMENT; SULFUR;

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; CONIFEROUS TREE; EMISSION; PIGMENT; POWER PLANT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FIELD EMISSION; GAS ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SLOVENIA; SPRUCE;

AIR POLLUTION; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PICEA; PLANT LEAVES; POWER PLANTS; SLOVENIA; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 38649120821     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.06.036     Document Type: Article

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