"Phytoscreening": The use of trees for discovering subsurface contamination by VOCs

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 536-542

  Sorek, A ^a   Atzmon, N ^a   Dahan, O ^b   Gerstl, Z ^a   Kushisin, L ^a   Laor, Y ^a   Mingelgrin, U ^a   Nasser, A ^a   Ronen, D ^b,c   Tsechansky, L ^a   Weisbrod, N ^b   Graber, E R ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Hydrological Service of Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING POINT; CONTAMINATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DIRECT CORRELATION; SUBSURFACE CONTAMINATION;

FORESTRY;

PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; HYDROCARBON;

BOILING POINT; CONTAMINATION; FORESTRY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DETECTION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; PETROLEUM; TREE; VAPOR PRESSURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; POLLUTANT; SCREENING; SUNLIGHT; TREE; URBAN AREA; VAPOR PRESSURE; ANGIOSPERM; CUPRESSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISRAEL; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

BOILING POINT; FORESTRY; POLLUTION; VOC;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; TEL AVIV;

ANGIOSPERMS; CUPRESSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS; ISRAEL; TREES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 38849111954     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es072014b     Document Type: Article

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