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

• Main Authors: Zverev Vitali, Kozlov Mikhail V, Manninen Sirkku
• Other Authors: ekologia ja evoluutiobiologia, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2606402
• Language: English
• Published: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG 2022
• Subjects: Monchegorsk; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/166687; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10562-022-03955-y

Long-term exposure to primary air pollutants, such as sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), 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 delta C-13 and del...