Herbaceous plants as filters: Immobilization of particulates along urban street corridors

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 186, Issue , 2014, Pages 234-240

  Weber, Frauke ^a   Kowarik, Ingo ^a,b   Säumel, Ina ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Filter; Particulate matter; Urban roadside vegetation

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION PATTERNS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FILTER; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; PARTICULATE DEPOSITION; PARTICULATE MATTER; ROADSIDE VEGETATION; URBAN ROADSIDES;

AIR POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; DEPOSITION; HEALTH RISKS; ROADSIDES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FILTRATION; HERB; IMMOBILIZATION; LEAF; PARTICULATE MATTER; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; URBAN AREA;

AIR FILTER; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; HERB; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LEAF SURFACE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FILTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN ROADSIDE VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; TRANSPORTATION; WIND;

EID: 84891801706     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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