Use of two-photon excitation microscopy and autofluorescence for visualizing the fate and behavior of semivolatile organic chemicals within living vegetation

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2486-2493

  Wild, Edward ^a   Dent, John ^a   Thomas, Gareth O ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microscopy; Organic chemicals; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PHOTONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

DESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS (SVOCS); TWO-PHOTON EXCITATION MICROSCOPY;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PAH; STORAGE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VEGETATION;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETATION;

AIR; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLANT COMPONENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 37049021334     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-279.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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