Trichloroacetic acid in the vegetation of polluted and remote areas of both hemispheres - Part II: Salt lakes as novel sources of natural chlorohydrocarbons

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 4197-4204

  Weissflog, Ludwig ^a   Elansky, Nikolai ^b   Putz, Erich ^c   Krueger, Gert ^d   Lange, Christian A ^a   Lisitzina, Lida ^b   Pfennigsdorff, Andrea ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Natural sources; Perchloroethene; Salt lakes; Trichloroacetic acid; Trichloroethene

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CONTAMINATION; METABOLISM; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; TRICHLOROACTETIC ACID;

VEGETATION;

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; ANION; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLOROFORM; RIVER WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESERTIFICATION; PH; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SALT LAKE; SPRING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING;

EURASIA; KALMYKIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 3042608176     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.04.032     Document Type: Article

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