Accumulation of organic air constituents by plant surfaces. Spruce needles for monitoring airborne chlorinated hydrocarbons.
The needles of the spruce (Picea abies) were used to monitor ambient air for organic trace substances. Analyses of spruce needles in an industrialized area demonstrated that the concentrations of these substances were much higher than those in a nonindustrialized area.
Reischl
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Department of Ecological Chemistry and Geochemistry, University of Bayreuth, Federal Republic of Germany.
Thoma
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Reissinger
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Hutzinger
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D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005860:Germany, West; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D011108:Polymers; D014197:Trees
D000393:Air Pollutants; D001572:Benzofurans; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D011108:Polymers; C016068:polychlorodibenzofuran