Artigo Revisado por pares

Phytomonitoring of Air Pollution in the Vicinity of a Petroleum Refinery

1985; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 12; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0376892900034470

ISSN

1469-4387

Autores

Basudeo Prasad, D. N. Rao,

Tópico(s)

Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis

Resumo

Petroleum refineries are major sources of air pollution, giving off particulate matter, volatile hydrocarbons, and oxides of sulphur and nitrogen. The field-study here reported was conducted in the vicinity of Barauni Petroleum Refinery, in the Begusarai district of Bihar, India, with the objects of measuring the level of pollution through phytomonitoring and assessing the overall impact of the Refinery's emissions on vegetation.

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