Altitudinal and spatial signature of persistent organic pollutants in soil, lichen, conifer needles, and bark of the southeast tibetan plateau: Implications for sources and environmental cycling

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 12736-12743

  Yang, Ruiqiang ^a   Zhang, Shujuan ^a   Li, An ^b   Jiang, Guibin ^a   Jing, Chuanyong ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CYCLING; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; LANDFORMS; NEEDLES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOILS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICOFOL; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; LIPID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; FOREST COVER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR SAMPLING; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BARK; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONIFER NEEDLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FOREST SOIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LICHEN (ORGANISM); LIPOPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONIFER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAF; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; IMPURITIES; NEEDLES; SOIL; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHINA; INDIA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ALTITUDE; CONIFEROPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LICHENS; LIPIDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; PLANT BARK; PLANT LEAVES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIBET;

EID: 84888230063     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403562x     Document Type: Article

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