Forest biomonitoring of the largest Slovene thermal power plant with respect to reduction of air pollution

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1809-1823

  Al Sayegh Petkovšek, Samar ^a  

^a ERICo Velenje   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Chlorophyll; Forest condition; Norway spruce needles; Total sulphur

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT DEFENCE; FOREST CONDITIONS; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; NORWAY SPRUCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; TOTAL SULPHUR;

AIR POLLUTION; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROPHYLL; NEEDLES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

FORESTRY;

ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROPHYLL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ASCORBIC ACID; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMISSION INVENTORY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; POLLUTION CONTROL; POWER PLANT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SULFUR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFURIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY SPRUCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RELIABILITY; SLOVENIA; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; TREE;

AIR POLLUTION; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROPHYLLS; ELECTRIC POWER; FORESTRY; NEEDLES; PHYSIOLOGY; PICEA ABIES; PLANTS; SULFUR;

SLOVENIA;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POWER PLANTS; SLOVENIA; TREES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874445416     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2669-y     Document Type: Article

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