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Zhu, N.* ; Schramm, K.-W. ; Wang, T.* ; Henkelmann, B. ; Fu, J.* ; Gao, Y.* ; Wang, Y. ; Jiang, G.*

Lichen, moss and soil in resolving the occurrence of semi-volatile organic compounds on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau, China.

Sci. Total Environ. 518-519, 328-336 (2015)
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This study investigated a wide range of semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), including 28 persistent organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), 18 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), 13 polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and 3 hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) congeners in lichen, moss and soil collected from the southeastern Tibetan Plateau, China. This allows research provides insight into elevation gradient distributions and possible cold trapping effects of SVOCs in this high mountain area, and compares lichens and mosses as air passive samplers for indicating SVOC occurrences. DDTs, endosulfans, HCHs and hexachlorobenzene predominated in all of the samples. Source analysis indicted that there were fresh inputs of DDTs and HCHs in the sampling region. Lichens and mosses shared commonalities in revealing the profiles and levels of SVOCs based on their lipid-content-normalized concentrations. The concentrations of 12 OCPs and 14 PCBs in lichens were significantly linearly correlated with altitudes, whereas the correlations for mosses and soil with altitudes were insignificant. Both a frequency distribution diagram and the Mountain Contamination Potential Model indicated that SVOCs with specific values of log KOA (8-11) and log KWA (2-4) had relative high mountain contamination potential on the Tibetan Plateau.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords Air ; Lichen ; Moss ; Semi-volatile Organic Compounds ; Soil ; Tibetan Plateau; Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers; King George Island; Polychlorinated-biphenyls Pcbs; Passive Air Samplers; Organochlorine Pesticides; Conifer Needles; Western Canada; Flame Retardants; Tree-bark; Pollutants
Language english
Publication Year 2015
HGF-reported in Year 2015
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0048-9697
e-ISSN 1879-1026
Quellenangaben Volume: 518-519, Issue: , Pages: 328-336 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Elsevier
Publishing Place Amsterdam
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
POF-Topic(s) 30202 - Environmental Health
Research field(s) Environmental Sciences
PSP Element(s) G-509100-001
PubMed ID 25770945
Scopus ID 84924565488
Erfassungsdatum 2015-03-18