title: Assessment of benz(a)pyrene pollution in the flood area of the Luga river.
abstract: Benz(a)pyrene pollution levels have been identified in the soils and vegetation of the flood plains of the River Luga, Leningrad Region. Maximum pollution exceeding background levels 2-10 times (11.02-52.71 mkg/kg) was detected in the soils around the towns of Luga and Kingisepp. The benz(a)pyrene levels in the vegetation (2.04 mkg/kg) were below background values. No significant correlation was established between the concentrations of pollution in the soil and vegetation. Our data suggest that the area of the mid-course of the River Luga should be preserved as a natural habitat of the plants of the Poaceae family.
authors.affiliation: N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant-Growing, Russian Academy of Agriculture, St. Petersburg.
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Funtova
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Kalinina
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Dikun
authors.forename: A Ia
authors.initials: AIa
authors.lastname: Likhachev
mesh_terms: D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene / Q000032:analysis*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry; D012426:Russia; D012987:Soil
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D012987:Soil; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene
vernacular_title: Otsenka zagriazneniia benz(a)pirenom lugovykh ploshchadeĭ v poĭme r. Lugi.