Book chapter
Ecosystems as sinks for atmospheric fluoride
Fluoride emissions: their monitoring and effects on vegetation and ecosystems, pp.191-205
Academic Press Australia
1982
Abstract
In a study of two areas of mixed eucalypt open forest, fluoride inputs were estimated. The bulk fluoride input to a fluoride-polluted area is estimated to be 17.8 kg ha-1yr-1. The sink efficiency of the vegetation in the fluoride-polluted area is estimated to be 21.3 kg-1yr-1 and in the unpolluted area 0.9 kg ha-1yr-1. These inputs are discussed in relation to fluoride transfer processes operating in these ecosystems, in which wildfires are an important agent for the release of fluoride from vegetation, and soil is the important sink.
Details
- Title
- Ecosystems as sinks for atmospheric fluoride
- Authors/Creators
- F. Murray (Author/Creator)
- Contributors
- F. Murray (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Fluoride emissions: their monitoring and effects on vegetation and ecosystems, pp.191-205
- Publisher
- Academic Press Australia; Sydney, Australia
- Identifiers
- 991005545263007891
- Copyright
- © Academic Press Australia.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
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