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Home » Archive of journals » No. 3(7) 2012 » Contamination of Soil and Vegetation with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Vicinity of Barentsburg Coal Mine CONTAMINATION OF SOIL AND VEGETATION WITH POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN THE VICINITY OF BARENTSBURG COAL MINEJOURNAL: No. 3(7) 2012, p. 62-73HEADING: Research activities in the Arctic AUTHORS: Demin, B.N., Graevskiy, A.P., Demeshkin, A.S., Vlasov, S.V. ORGANIZATIONS: Northwest Branch of RPA «Typhoon» UDC: 504.054 Keywords: land cover, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Barentsburg, aerosol air pollution, background monitoring Bibliographic description: Demin, B.N., Graevskiy, A.P., Demeshkin, A.S., Vlasov, S.V. Contamination of Soil and Vegetation with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Vicinity of Barentsburg Coal Mine. Arctic: ecology and economy, 2012, no. 3(7), pp. 62-73. DOI: . (In Russian). Abstract: Studies of the contamination levels of soil and vegetation with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the vicinity of the Barentsburg settlement and coal mine, implemented in the North- West branch of Typhoon SPA in the period 2002–2010 revealed a particular spatial and temporal variability in the levels of their content in the typical representatives of arctic plants - mosses and vascular plants. It was shown, that the most sensitive indicator of the aerosol air pollution by PAHs is a community of mosses, having a high developed surface of the leaves, and a year-round growing season. Main sources of PAHs intake in the environment were identified and the contribution of the emissions of power plant to the contamination of soil and vegetation were assessed, the area of direct industrial impact of the settlement infrastructure was proved. Based on the analysis of the actual situation in the region it was shown that the existing network of background stations covered only part of this area, recommendations to optimize this background monitoring network were made. References:
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DOI 10.25283/2223-4594
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