Influence of Air Pollution on the Photosynthetic Apparatus of Pinus sylvestris L. and Picea obovata Ledeb. × P. abies (L.) Karst. in the Northern Taiga, Northern Dvina Basin

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582.475:581.1:504.5

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Abstract

Under conditions of air pollution in fresh blueberry spruce forests, we detected increased content of photosynthetic pigments, especially chlorophyll, in annual needles of spruce undergrowth and trees. Further, we observed an inverse relationship between the pigment content in annual spruce needles and the distance from the emission source in blueberry stands. The rate of photosynthesis as well as chlorophyll and carotenoid content in annual pine needles in fresh blueberry forests, especially the sphagnous ones, were significantly reduced the closer they were to the source of emissions (Arkhangelsk Heat Station, Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill).

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S.N. Tarkhanov, Candidate of Agriculture S.Yu. Biryukov, Candidate of Biology, Senior Researcher Institute of Ecological Problems of the North, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 23, 163000, Arkhangelsk, Russia E-mail: tarkse@yandex.ru

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Institute of Ecological Problems of the North, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Keywords

air pollution, pine, spruce, needles, photosynthesis, photosynthetic pigments.

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