Foliar stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in boreal forest plants exposed to long-term pollution from the nickel-copper smelter at Monchegorsk, Russia

• Published in: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
• Main Authors: Manninen, Sirkku, Zverev, Vitali, Kozlov, Mikhail V.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
• Subjects: Research Article; Monchegorsk; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9252950/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35199271; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19261-4

Long-term exposure to primary air pollutants, such as sulphur dioxide (SO(2)) and nitrogen oxides (NO(x)), alters the structure and functions of forest ecosystems. Many biochemical and biogeochemical processes discriminate against the heavier isotopes in a mixture; thus, the values of δ(13)C and δ(1...