Distribution of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in conifer needles in the southeast Tibetan Plateau

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-100

  Yang, Ruiqiang ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a   Xu, Baiqing ^a   Jiang, Guibin ^b   Zheng, Xiaoyan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine; DDT; HCB; HCH; Long range atmospheric transport; POPs

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEXANE; ISOMERS;

ALPINE; LONG RANGE ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MOUNTAIN VALLEY AREAS;

PESTICIDES;

CHLORPHENOTANE; DICOFOL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DDD; DDE; DDT; HCH; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MOUNTAIN REGION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONIFER NEEDLE; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOMER;

ALTITUDE; CONIFEROPHYTA; DDT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; PLANT LEAVES; TIBET;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 41949094148     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.07.033     Document Type: Article

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