Pattern of volatile aldehydes and aromatic hydrocarbons in the largest urban rainforest in the Americas

Chemosphere

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1064-1069

  Custodio D ^a   Guimaraes C S ^a   Varandas, L ^a   Arbilla, G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Anthropogenic emissions; Biogenic emissions; BTEX; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALDEHYDES; BENZENE; CHARCOAL; CONSERVATION; DICHLOROMETHANE; FORESTRY; FORMALDEHYDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOLUENE;

2 ,4-DINITROPHENYLHYDRAZINE; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BTEX; FORMALDEHYDE CONCENTRATIONS; MONOAROMATIC HYDROCARBON; URBAN FORESTS;

URBAN GROWTH;

2 TOLUALDEHYDE; 3,4 TOLUALDEHYDE; ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; ACROLEIN; ALDEHYDE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; BUTYRALDEHYDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CROTONALDEHYDE; ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; HEXANAL; ISOVALERALDEHYDE; PROPIONALDEHYDE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ACETALDEHYDE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BTEX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORMALDEHYDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOTOOXIDATION; RAIN FOREST; SOLAR RADIATION; URBAN AREA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ALDEHYDES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; CHARCOAL; CONCENTRATION; DETECTORS; DICHLOROMETHANE; FORESTS; FORMALDEHYDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROJECTILES; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; RIO DE JANEIRO [RIO DE JANEIRO (STT)]; TIJUCA;

EID: 77951985493     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.03.028     Document Type: Article

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