Using experimental and forest soils to investigate the uptake of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) along an urban-rural gradient

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 387-398

  Wong, Fiona ^a   Harner, Tom ^b   Liu, Qin Tao ^a   Diamond, Miriam L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deposition; Forest soils; PAHs; Soil air exchange

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIOMARKER RESPONSES; FOREST SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; PAH; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANADA; DYNAMICS; FOREST SOIL; GAS ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ONTARIO; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 1542269115     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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