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Influence of air pollution on seed quality of Picea obovata
Author(s) -
Fedorkov A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
european journal of forest pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1439-0329
pISSN - 0300-1237
DOI - 10.1046/j.1439-0329.1999.00166.x
Subject(s) - environmental science , transect , air pollution , heavy metals , pollution , deposition (geology) , sulfur dioxide , environmental chemistry , smelting , air quality index , horticulture , geography , metallurgy , chemistry , biology , ecology , materials science , meteorology , sediment , paleontology
Summary The status of Siberian spruce seeds along a transect near the Monchegorsk nickel smelter (Kola Peninsula, Russia) was evaluated using the X‐ray method. The viability of seeds was significantly reduced under severe deposition of sulphur dioxide and heavy metals.