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Title: Accumulation of organic air constituents by plant surfaces. Spruce needles for monitoring airborne chlorinated hydrocarbons

Journal Article · · Biomedical and Environmental Sciences; (USA)
OSTI ID:7106914
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  1. Univ. of Bayreuth (Germany, F.R.)
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The needles of the spruce (Picea abies) were used to monitor ambient air for organic trace substances. Analyses of spruce needles in an industrialized area demonstrated that the concentrations of these substances were much higher than those in a nonindustrialized area.

OSTI ID:
7106914
Journal Information:
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences; (USA), Vol. 1:3; ISSN 0895-3988
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AIR POLLUTION
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
BENZOFURANS
DIOXIN
BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
LEAVES
MONITORING
SPRUCES
TRACE AMOUNTS
CONIFERS
EUROPE
FURANS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PINOPHYTA
PLANTS
POLLUTION
TREES
WESTERN EUROPE
540120* - Environment
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