Estimation of the annual scavenged amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by forests in the Pearl River Delta of Southern China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 306-315

  Tian, Xiaoxue ^a   Liu, Juxiu ^a   Zhou, Guoyi ^a   Peng, Pingan ^b   Wang, Xiaoli ^b   Wang, Chunlin ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Pollution sequestration; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); South China; The Pearl River Delta; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC VARIABILITIES; PINE NEEDLES; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SOUTH CHINA; SOUTHERN CHINAS; SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; THE PEARL RIVER DELTA; TOTAL AMOUNTS; TREE SPECIES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; GEMS; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RIVERS; RURAL AREAS; VEGETATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST; HYDROCARBON; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF; PAH; POLLUTION CONTROL; RURAL AREA; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEA WATER;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUCALYPTUS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PINE; PLANT LEAF; RIVER; SEASON; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS; TREE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACACIA; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUCALYPTUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 55749094006     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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