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Changing the Vegetation Properties Depending on the Distance to an Industrial Facility on the Example of Pumice Mining Dust
Sule Erkovan1 , Sedat SEVEROGLU2 , Mehmet Kerim GULLAP2 , Halil ERKOVAN 3, Ali KOÇ1
1- Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Agriculture Department of Field Crops
2- Ataturk University Faculty of Agriculture Department of Field Crops
3- Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Agriculture Department of Field Crops , erkovan@ogu.edu.tr
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Mining areas have become a major environmental problem for developing countries due to their undesirable effects of dust pollution and digging operations. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of dust emitted from pumice mining areas on canopy coverage, functional plant groups and seed bank, and growth performance of common plants in areas surrounding mining. Canopy coverage increased with decreasing dust accumulation, while dust led to different effects on functional plant groups and seed bank. The height and the bunch of Festuca ovina L., the dominant plant species, increased with distance from the dust centre. To minimize the negative effect of dust emission on natural environment, it must be reduced by using appropriate technologies during operation.
Keywords: mine, above-ground vegetation, seed bank, growing properties
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Article Type: Original Research | Subject: Watershed Management
Received: 2021/11/15 | Accepted: 2023/06/11 | Published: 2024/03/31
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