Persistent organic pollutants in air and vegetation from the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 540-549

  Davidson, Deborah A ^a   Wilkinson, Andrew C ^a   Kimpe, Lynda E ^a   Blais, Jules M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air; Altitude; Mountains; Pollutants; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ROCKS; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; METHOXYCHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MOUNTAIN; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXTRACTION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALBERTA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; GEOGRAPHY; INSECTICIDES; PLANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TEMPERATURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 31244436346     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-581     Document Type: Article

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