Can pine needles indicate trends in the air pollution levels at remote sites?

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Result language

čeština

Original language name

Can pine needles indicate trends in the air pollution levels at remote sites?

Original language description

Data from ten years of integrated monitoring were used here to evaluate whether pine needles are a feasible tool for an assessment of long-term trends of the atmospheric contamination. Pine needles collected once a year were compared to high volume air samples collected for 24 h, every 7 days, and passive air samples integrated over 28-day periods. Results showed the same concentration patterns of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) captured in needles and high volume samples. Passive air samplers were less efficient in sampling the particle-bound compounds. The most important finding is that in the long term a needle monitoring gives very similar information on temporal trendsof the atmospheric pollution as does a high volume air monitoring. Pine needle monitoring is a feasible tool for an assessment of temporal trends in the atmospheric contamination.

Czech name

Can pine needles indicate trends in the air pollution levels at remote sites?

Czech description

Data from ten years of integrated monitoring were used here to evaluate whether pine needles are a feasible tool for an assessment of long-term trends of the atmospheric contamination. Pine needles collected once a year were compared to high volume air samples collected for 24 h, every 7 days, and passive air samples integrated over 28-day periods. Results showed the same concentration patterns of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) captured in needles and high volume samples. Passive air samplers were less efficient in sampling the particle-bound compounds. The most important finding is that in the long term a needle monitoring gives very similar information on temporal trendsof the atmospheric pollution as does a high volume air monitoring. Pine needle monitoring is a feasible tool for an assessment of temporal trends in the atmospheric contamination.

Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

DI - Pollution and air control

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/SP%2F1A3%2F29%2F07" target="_blank" >SP/1A3/29/07: Complex characterisation of the particulate fractions in ambient air (AirToxPM)</a><br>

Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2009

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Environmental Pollution

ISSN

0269-7491

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Volume of the periodical

2009

Issue of the periodical within the volume

157

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

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