Investigation of acid deposition effects on Southern Appalachian red spruce (Picea rubens) by determination of calcium, magnesium, and aluminum in foliage and surrounding soil using ICP-OES

Instrumentation Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 341-358

  Rosenberg, Matthew B ^a   Butcher, David J ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acid deposition; aluminum; Blue Ridge Parkway; calcium; exchangeable cations; foliage; Great Smoky Mountains National Park; ICP OES; inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry; magnesium; Mount Mitchell State Park; Picea rubens; red spruce; Southern Appalachian Mountains

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; BLUE RIDGES; EXCHANGEABLE CATION; FOLIAGE; GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; ICP-OES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK; PICEA RUBENS; RED SPRUCE; SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS;

ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; LIGHT EMISSION; MAGNESIUM; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; NUTRIENTS; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PARKS; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMA TORCHES; POSITIVE IONS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SPECTROMETRY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

FORESTRY;

ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CATIONS; COATINGS; CONCENTRATION; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; LEACHING; MAGNESIUM; METALS; NUTRIENTS; PICEA RUBENS; POLLUTION; SOIL;

EID: 77956921551     PISSN: 10739149     EISSN: 15256030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10739149.2010.508968     Document Type: Article

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