Elemental Composition of the Leaves of Wood Plants under the Conditions of Technogenic Pollution
T. A. SUKHAREVA
Institute of North Industrial Ecology, Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ul. Fersmana 14a, Apatity 184209 (Russia)
E-mail: sukhareva@inep.ksc.ru
Keywords: elemental composition, pine, birch, leaves, needles, atmospheric pollution, GMK Pechenganikel JSC, northern taiga forest, the Kola Peninsula
Pages: 327–333
Abstract
Chemical composition of assimilating organs of Pinus Sylvestris and Betula pubescens in the zone affected by the GMK Pechenganikel JSC situated in the northwest of the Murmansk Region near the borders of Finland, Norway and Russia was studied. Anomalously high concentrations of copper and nickel in the leaves (needles) of trees under the conditions of technogenic pollution were revealed. Insufficient provision of pine needles with nutrition elements – phosphorus and potassium – was discovered. Higher concentrations of copper, nickel and sulphur in comparison with their concentrations in pine needles were detected.
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