Comprehensive assessment of pine needles as bioindicators of PAHs using multivariate analysis. The importance of temporal trends

Chemosphere

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1517-1525

  Ratola, Nuno ^a   Amigo, José Manuel ^b   Alves, Arminda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Pine needles; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Principal component analysis; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; FORESTRY; MINERAL OILS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NEEDLES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BIOMONITORING; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PINE NEEDLE; PINUS PINASTER AIT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTAMINATION; DRY WEIGHT; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PINE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PORTUGAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOOT; SPRING; SUMMER; TREND STUDY; WINTER;

PINUS PINASTER; PINUS PINEA;

EID: 78249263796     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.08.031     Document Type: Article

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