Element concentrations in Scots pine needles on radial transects across a subarctic area

Concentrations of aluminium (Al), arsenic (As), calcium (Ca), cadmium (Cd), chlorine (Cl), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), phosphorus (P), lead (Pb), sulphur (S), silicon (Si) and zinc (Zn) were measured by X-ray fluorescence spectro...

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Published in:Water, air, and soil pollution air, and soil pollution, 1998-03, Vol.102 (3-4), p.389-405
Main Authors: Rautio, P. (Oulu Univ. (Finland). Dept. of Biology), Huttunen, S, Lamppu, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AIR POLLUTION
Aluminum
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Arsenic
Biological and medical sciences
Cadmium
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Chlorine
Chromium
COMPOSICION QUIMICA
COMPOSITION CHIMIQUE
Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution
Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on plants and fungi
Environmental monitoring
FEUILLE
FINLAND
FINLANDE
FINLANDIA
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
HEAVY METALS
HOJAS
LEAVES
Magnesium
Manganese
METAL LOURD
METALES PESADOS
Nickel
Pine needles
Pine trees
PINUS SYLVESTRIS
POLLUTION ATMOSPHERIQUE
POLUCION DEL AIRE
Smelters
Spectrometry
X-ray fluorescence
Zinc
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Summary:Concentrations of aluminium (Al), arsenic (As), calcium (Ca), cadmium (Cd), chlorine (Cl), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), phosphorus (P), lead (Pb), sulphur (S), silicon (Si) and zinc (Zn) were measured by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) in Scots pine needles collected from transects across Finnish Lapland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia. Ni, Cu, Fe, P and S concentrations were significantly higher in the needles collected in the vicinity of the smelters in Monchegorsk, whereas Mn and Zn decreased towards Monchegorsk. No distinct increase of S or decrease of Mn and Zn concentrations in the needles were observed when approaching Nikel. Foliar S concentrations were higher in C needles than in C+1 needles, even in plots close to the smelters. The effect of the emissions from the smelters was clearly seen in the needle chemistry up to 50 km away from smelters and was still perceivable over 100 km away.
ISSN:0049-6979
1573-2932
DOI:10.1023/A:1004940627740