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A comparison of Alpine emissions to forest soil and spruce needle loads for persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Environ. Pollut. 157, 3185-3191 (2009)
The project MONARPOP analysed the concentrations of semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in two important sink compartments, needles of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) and forest soil from 40 remote Alpine forest sites in Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland. In the present study the load of PCDD/F, PCB, PBDE, PAH, HCB, HCH and DDT in the Alps calculated on the basis of measured data are compared with their estimated emissions in the Alpine region. It comes out that the masses of the studied pollutants stored in the forests are higher than the corresponding emissions in the Alpine area indicating that the Alps are a sink for POPs advected from surrounding areas. It is assumed that local emissions of PCDD/F and PAH deriving from biomass burning are probably underestimated and that the pool of these pollutants in the forests represents the accumulation over some decades.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
POPs; Apls; Mass balance; Soil; Forests; Needles
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0269-7491
e-ISSN
1873-6424
Journal
Environmental Pollution
Quellenangaben
Volume: 157,
Issue: 12,
Pages: 3185-3191
Publisher
Elsevier
Publishing Place
England
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Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Ecological Chemistry (IOEC)
Cooperation Group Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA)
Cooperation Group Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA)