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Phytomonitoring of Air Pollution in the Vicinity of a Petroleum Refinery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

B.J. Prasad  and
D.N. Rao
D.N. Rao
Affiliation:
Professor of Plant Ecology, Center of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India.
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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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Environmental Conservation , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , Winter 1985 , pp. 351 - 354
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1985

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