Effect of fly ash from a fuel oil power station on heavy metal content of wild plants at Tenerife island, the Canarian archipelago, Spain

Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Environmental Science and Engineering; (United States)

OSTI ID:6504632

Alvarez, C E; Fernandez, M; Iglesias, E ^[1]; Perez, N ^[2]; Snelling, R ^[3]

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1. Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain)
2. Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain) Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge (United States)
3. Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge (United States)

Heavy metal analysis have been carried out in wild plants around a Power Station located at the southeastern area of Tenerife Island (Canary Islands, Spain). The concentrations of Fe, Ni, and V in the leaves and terminal stems of three wild plants (Euphorbia obtusifolia, Kleinia neriifolia, and Plocama pendula) which were collected during the spring of 1988 are reported from four different allotments. These sampling sites were located at distances of 0.4, 1, 1, 25, and 34 km from the Electric Generating Facility, and at elevations of 60, 120, 180 and 60 m, respectively. Results show a potential contamination of vanadium in E. obtusifolia and P. pendula plants located close to the Power Station, probably due to dry deposition on fly ash in the surrounding area. The levels of iron and nickel concentrations in the same type of plants did not show any geographical relationship with respect to the location of the Power Station. 19 refs., 4 figs.

• OSTI ID: 6504632
• Journal Information: Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Environmental Science and Engineering; (United States), Vol. 28:2; ISSN 0360-1226
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
FLY ASH
AIR POLLUTION
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
FUEL OILS
IRON COMPOUNDS
ISLANDS
NICKEL COMPOUNDS
PLANT TISSUES
PROBABILITY
RESIDUAL FUELS
VANADIUM COMPOUNDS
AEROSOL WASTES
ASHES
BODY
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
FUELS
LIQUID FUELS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION
POWER PLANTS
RESIDUES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TISSUES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
WASTES
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