Contamination in an Arctic Environment: Abiotic and Biotic Impacts of Local Pollution
The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate whether Longyearbyen coal power plant and Gruve 6 have a significant impact on the chemical element distribution in soil and terrestrial biota in Adventdalen. Soil, mosses, insects/spiders and feathers from snow bunting nestlings (Plectrophenax ni...
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ftntnutrondheimi:oai:ntnuopen.ntnu.no:11250/2394143 2023-05-15T13:05:44+02:00 Contamination in an Arctic Environment: Abiotic and Biotic Impacts of Local Pollution Beitveit, Gina Mariell Jenssen, Bjørn Munro Fossøy, Frode Maciej Ciesielski, Tomasz Gunnar Stokke, Bård 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2394143 eng eng NTNU ntnudaim:14217 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2394143 67 Lektorutdanning med master i realfag Kjemi og biologi Master thesis 2016 ftntnutrondheimi 2019-09-17T06:51:37Z The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate whether Longyearbyen coal power plant and Gruve 6 have a significant impact on the chemical element distribution in soil and terrestrial biota in Adventdalen. Soil, mosses, insects/spiders and feathers from snow bunting nestlings (Plectrophenax nivalis) were sampled from 18 stations located along a transect extending from Longyearbyen coal power plant to Gruve 6. Subsequently, analyses of 24 elements (Al, As, B, Be, Cd, Co, Cr, Fe, Hg, La, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, S, Sb, Se, Sm, Th, U, V, Y, Yb, Zn) were carried out by HR-ICP-MS. The results indicate that there were a strong positive relationship (p < 0.002) between distance from the coal power plant and concentration of Cd in insects/spiders and Mo in soil. The positive correlations implies that Gruve 6 and/or Gruve 7 constitute main point sources of Cd and Mo emission to the transect. However, due to differences in sample material, e.g. differences in species composition, it might be problematic to compare the stations. Moreover, due to multiple pollution sources and differences in topography it might be difficult to detect the isolated impact of the coal power plant and Gruve 6 on the transect. Local natural sources, in addition to local anthropogenic sources such as cruise ships, snowmobiles, air and road traffic, landfill, cableway station, the historically German weather station (Bansø) and cabins, might have had an impact on the chemical element distribution at the different stations. Master Thesis Adventdalen Arctic Longyearbyen Plectrophenax nivalis Snow Bunting NTNU Open Archive (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Adventdalen ENVELOPE(16.264,16.264,78.181,78.181) Arctic Longyearbyen |
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The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate whether Longyearbyen coal power plant and Gruve 6 have a significant impact on the chemical element distribution in soil and terrestrial biota in Adventdalen. Soil, mosses, insects/spiders and feathers from snow bunting nestlings (Plectrophenax nivalis) were sampled from 18 stations located along a transect extending from Longyearbyen coal power plant to Gruve 6. Subsequently, analyses of 24 elements (Al, As, B, Be, Cd, Co, Cr, Fe, Hg, La, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, S, Sb, Se, Sm, Th, U, V, Y, Yb, Zn) were carried out by HR-ICP-MS. The results indicate that there were a strong positive relationship (p < 0.002) between distance from the coal power plant and concentration of Cd in insects/spiders and Mo in soil. The positive correlations implies that Gruve 6 and/or Gruve 7 constitute main point sources of Cd and Mo emission to the transect. However, due to differences in sample material, e.g. differences in species composition, it might be problematic to compare the stations. Moreover, due to multiple pollution sources and differences in topography it might be difficult to detect the isolated impact of the coal power plant and Gruve 6 on the transect. Local natural sources, in addition to local anthropogenic sources such as cruise ships, snowmobiles, air and road traffic, landfill, cableway station, the historically German weather station (Bansø) and cabins, might have had an impact on the chemical element distribution at the different stations. |
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Jenssen, Bjørn Munro Fossøy, Frode Maciej Ciesielski, Tomasz Gunnar Stokke, Bård |
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Beitveit, Gina Mariell |
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Contamination in an Arctic Environment: Abiotic and Biotic Impacts of Local Pollution |
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Contamination in an Arctic Environment: Abiotic and Biotic Impacts of Local Pollution |
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Contamination in an Arctic Environment: Abiotic and Biotic Impacts of Local Pollution |
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Contamination in an Arctic Environment: Abiotic and Biotic Impacts of Local Pollution |
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Contamination in an Arctic Environment: Abiotic and Biotic Impacts of Local Pollution |
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contamination in an arctic environment: abiotic and biotic impacts of local pollution |
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Adventdalen Arctic Longyearbyen |
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Adventdalen Arctic Longyearbyen Plectrophenax nivalis Snow Bunting |
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Adventdalen Arctic Longyearbyen Plectrophenax nivalis Snow Bunting |
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