Plant species differences in particulate matter accumulation on leaf surfaces

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 427-428, Issue , 2012, Pages 347-354

  Saebo A ^a   Popek, R ^b   Nawrot, B ^b   Hanslin, H M ^a   Gawronska, H ^b   Gawronski, S W ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Accumulation on leaves; Air quality; Particulate matter; Trees and shrubs; Urban greening

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION ON LEAVES; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS; BETULA PENDULA; EFFICIENT PLANTS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; LEAF PROPERTIES; LEAF SURFACES; PARTICLE-SIZE FRACTIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT SPECIES; POLLUTION REMOVAL; PRUNUS AVIUM; TAXUS BACCATA; TEST FIELDS; TEST SITE; TREES AND SHRUBS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN GREENING; URBAN SETTINGS; VULNERABLE AREA;

AIR QUALITY;

FORESTRY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; LEAF; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SHRUB; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TREE; URBAN AREA;

ACER; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIRCH; GENUS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PINE; PLANT LEAF; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHRUB; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEET CHERRY; TAXUS; TILIA; TREE; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NORWAY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; POLAND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WAXES;

AIR QUALITY; FORESTRY; LEAVES; TREES;

NORWAY; POLAND;

ACER PLATANOIDES; BETULA PENDULA; PINUS MUGO; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PRUNUS AVIUM; STEPHANANDRA INCISA; TAXUS BACCATA; TAXUS X MEDIA; TILIA CORDATA;

EID: 84861187349     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.084     Document Type: Article

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