Pine Needles (Pinus Sylvestris) as a Bioindicator of Sulphur and Heavy Metal Deposition in the Area Around a Pulp and Paper Mill Complex at Kemi, Northern Finland

2001 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Risto Pöykiö ◽  
Heikki Torvela
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Pinus Sylvestris ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Metal Deposition ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Pine Needles ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mill ◽  
Heavy Metal Deposition

Alkylated dibenzothiophenes in pine needles from pulp and paper mill environment

Chemosphere ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 2475-2482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seija Sinkkonen ◽  
Niina Kämäräinen ◽  
Jaakko Paasivirta ◽  
Mirja Lahtiperä ◽  
Reino Lammi
Keyword(s):  
Paper Mill ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Pine Needles ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mill

Immunomodulation in Blue Mussels (Mytilus edulis) Exposed to a Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent in Eastern Canada

2003 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvie D. St-Jean ◽  
Simon C. Courtenay ◽  
Roy W. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Mytilus Edulis ◽  
Pulp Mill ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Pulp Mill Effluent ◽  
Bacterial Clearance ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mill ◽  
Paper Mill Effluent ◽  
Blue Mussels

Abstract Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) were caged at three sites situated at increasing distance from the point of discharge of a pulp and paper mill effluent from July to October 1998. Two additional cages were deployed: one inside and one at the mouth of the adjacent industrialized Pictou Harbour. After 90 d exposure, we measured growth, survival, haemocyte counts (HC), phagocytic activity (PA), lysosome retention (LR) and bacterial clearance (BC). There was a small but significant difference in growth between cages. Mussels closest to the mill effluent grew the most while those at the mouth of the harbour grew the least. Mussels from three cages showed similar difficulty in clearing bacteria; the cage inside the harbour, the cage nearest to the pulp mill effluent and the cage furthest from the pulp mill, receiving a mixture of both pulp mill and harbour effluents. The mussels from those cages also showed the highest heavy metal burdens and conversely, the cage showing the most rapid clearance, outside both effluents, also showed the lowest heavy metal burden. Mussels caged in the pulp mill effluent showed lower PA and LR and higher mortality during the bacterial clearance test than other mussels. These results suggest that immunological biomarkers might be a useful and more sensitive adjunct to endpoints presently being measured from caged bivalves in environmental effects monitoring (EEM) programs, and assessments of aquatic environmental quality.

Epicuticular wax of subarctic Scots pine needles: response to sulphur and heavy metal deposition

1997 ◽  
Vol 135 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. TURUNEN ◽  
S. HUTTUNEN ◽  
K. E. PERCY ◽  
C. K. MCLAUGHLIN ◽  
J. LAMPPU
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Epicuticular Wax ◽  
Metal Deposition ◽  
Pine Needles ◽  
Heavy Metal Deposition ◽  
Scots Pine Needles
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