Comparison of lichen, conifer needles, passive air sampling devices, and snowpack as passive sampling media to measure semi-volatile organic compounds in remote atmospheres

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 10354-10361

  Schrlau, Jill E ^a   Geiser, Linda ^b   Hageman, Kimberly J ^c   Landers, Dixon H ^d   Simonich, Staci Massey ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION PROFILES; AIR-WATER; CONIFER NEEDLES; EXPOSURE PERIOD; GASPHASE; NATIONAL PARKS; P-VALUES; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PASSIVE AIR; PASSIVE SAMPLING; SAMPLING RATES; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HYDROCARBONS; NEEDLES; PARKS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; LICHEN; NATIONAL PARK; PAH; PESTICIDE; PLANT PRODUCT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SNOWPACK; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONIFER NEEDLE; LICHEN; NATIONAL PARK; PARTITION COEFFICIENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CONIFEROPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHENS; PLANT LEAVES; SNOW; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 83455262418     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202418f     Document Type: Article

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