Biochemical responses in tree foliage exposed to coal-fired power plant emission in seasonally dry tropical environment

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 158, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 197-212

  Sharma, Atul Prakash ^a   Tripathi, B D ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biochemical parameters; Coal fired thermal power plant; Sulphate sulphur; Tree leaves

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SULPHATES; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; TREE LEAVES;

AIR QUALITY; CHLOROPHYLL; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; KETONES; MINING; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PORPHYRINS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

THERMAL POLLUTION;

ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SUGAR; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ASCORBIC ACID; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMONITORING; CHLOROPHYLL; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOLIAGE; LEAF; SAMPLING; SUGAR; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WIND DIRECTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; COAL FIRED THERMAL POWER PLANT; DECIDUOUS PLANT; DUST FALL RATE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVERGREEN; FIELD EMISSION; FOLIAGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COAL; DALBERGIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FICUS; INDIA; POWER PLANTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

DALBERGIA SISSOO; FICUS BENGHALENSIS;

EID: 72349092930     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0573-2     Document Type: Article

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