Knowledge concerning the biological effects of oil pollution on arctic and subarctic terrestrial ecosystems is limited. USA CRREL research personnel conducted investigations from 1970 through 1974 to expand information in this field. Objectives were to: (1) define the ecosystems most sensitive to the presence of crude oil or its refined products, (2) quantify and understand the injury response, and (3) establish time frames for manifestation of damage and natural restorative ...
Low soil temperatures have been implicated as one of the limiting factors for plant growth in northern regions and may be responsible for the failure of some revegetation attempts in such areas. Because of the importance of maintaining an adequate plant cover over ice-rich arctic and subarctic soils, laboratory experiments were performed to further clarify the influence of soil temperature on plant growth. At two soil temperatures (5 and 150C) ...
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