Quantitative variation in the elemental composition of Scots pine needles along a pollutant gradient.
Quantitative variation in the elemental composition of living Scots pine needles was studied along an atmospheric pollutant gradient in the surroundings of the industrial town Harjavalta, south-western Finland. Two 9-km-long transects, each with nine sample plots, running to the S and SW from factor...
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Finnish Society of Forest Science
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| author | Heliövaara, Kari Väisänen, Rauno |
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| description | Quantitative variation in the elemental composition of living Scots pine needles was studied along an atmospheric pollutant gradient in the surroundings of the industrial town Harjavalta, south-western Finland. Two 9-km-long transects, each with nine sample plots, running to the S and SW from factory complex were delimited in a homogenous Scots pine ( L.) forest. Needle samples were taken from 10 trees at each site, and from two separate sites in Tuusula near Helsinki. There was considerable spatial variation in the elemental composition of the needles. Heavy metals (Cu, Fe, Zn) showed a clear pattern of exponentially decreasing concentration with increasing distance from the emission source. Sodium and potassium concentrations, as well as the ash weight and air-dry weight, also decreased. Magnesium, manganese and calcium concentrations increased with increasing distance.Pinus sylvestris |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5ea32b5a7f49490e864b0af50cfcd7f52022-12-22T02:48:10ZengFinnish Society of Forest ScienceSilva Fennica2242-40751989-01-0123110.14214/sf.a15526Quantitative variation in the elemental composition of Scots pine needles along a pollutant gradient.Heliövaara, KariVäisänen, RaunoQuantitative variation in the elemental composition of living Scots pine needles was studied along an atmospheric pollutant gradient in the surroundings of the industrial town Harjavalta, south-western Finland. Two 9-km-long transects, each with nine sample plots, running to the S and SW from factory complex were delimited in a homogenous Scots pine ( L.) forest. Needle samples were taken from 10 trees at each site, and from two separate sites in Tuusula near Helsinki. There was considerable spatial variation in the elemental composition of the needles. Heavy metals (Cu, Fe, Zn) showed a clear pattern of exponentially decreasing concentration with increasing distance from the emission source. Sodium and potassium concentrations, as well as the ash weight and air-dry weight, also decreased. Magnesium, manganese and calcium concentrations increased with increasing distance.Pinus sylvestrishttps://www.silvafennica.fi/article/5367 |
| spellingShingle | Heliövaara, Kari Väisänen, Rauno Quantitative variation in the elemental composition of Scots pine needles along a pollutant gradient. Silva Fennica |
| title | Quantitative variation in the elemental composition of Scots pine needles along a pollutant gradient. |
| title_full | Quantitative variation in the elemental composition of Scots pine needles along a pollutant gradient. |
| title_fullStr | Quantitative variation in the elemental composition of Scots pine needles along a pollutant gradient. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantitative variation in the elemental composition of Scots pine needles along a pollutant gradient. |
| title_short | Quantitative variation in the elemental composition of Scots pine needles along a pollutant gradient. |
| title_sort | quantitative variation in the elemental composition of scots pine needles along a pollutant gradient |
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