Sample pretreatment to differentiate between bioconcentration and atmospheric deposition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mosses

Chemosphere

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 295-300

  Bustamante, Julen ^a   Liñero, Olaia ^a   Arrizabalaga, Iker ^a   Carrero, Jose Antonio ^a   Arana, Gorka ^a   de Diego, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Bioconcentration; Moss; PAH; SEM

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CLEANING; DEIONIZED WATER; DEPOSITION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MINERAL OILS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; BIOCONCENTRATION; CLEANING PROCEDURES; MOSS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SAMPLE PRETREATMENT;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; MOSS; PAH; POLLUTION MONITORING; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; CLEANING; MOSS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; BRYOPSIDA; CHEMISTRY; CITY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; POLLUTANT; SPAIN; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASOUND;

BASQUE COUNTRY [SPAIN]; BIZKAIA; SPAIN;

BRACHYTHECIUM RUTABULUM; BRYOPHYTA;

ANALYTIC SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS; ATMOSPHERE; BRYOPSIDA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SONICATION; SPAIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 84920544024     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.11.069     Document Type: Article

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