Emerging contaminants in the atmosphere: Analysis, occurrence and future challenges

PJ Barroso, JL Santos, J Martín, I Aparicio… - Critical reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The presence of emerging contaminants (EC) in the atmospheric environment of urban, rural
or even remote areas has become a significant issue for environmental science. This has …

The use of vegetation, bees, and snails as important tools for the biomonitoring of atmospheric pollution—a review

J Al-Alam, A Chbani, Z Faljoun, M Millet - Environmental Science and …, 2019 - Springer
The continuous discharge of diverse chemical products in the environment is nowadays of
great concern to the whole world as some of them persist in the environment leading to …

[BOOK][B] High mountain conservation in a changing world

J Catalan, JM Ninot, MM Aniz - 2017 - library.oapen.org
Protected natural areas deserve the combination of nature uniqueness and conservation
willing. The foundation stone for National Parks is the awareness of that unique character …

POPs in mountain soils from the Alps and Andes: suggestions for a 'precipitation effect'on altitudinal gradients

P Tremolada, S Villa, P Bazzarin, E Bizzotto… - Water, air, and soil …, 2008 - Springer
POPs are still a priority environmental problem, but can be used as a scientific tool for
understanding the distribution phenomena. Both high mountains and polar areas are seen …

Pine needles and pollen grains of Pinus mugo Turra–A biomonitoring tool in high mountain habitats identifying environmental contamination

M Chropeňová, EK Gregušková, P Karásková… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pinus mugo Turra is a typical pine tree from mountain habitats. It is ideal as a bioindicator for
air quality monitoring, but, to the best of our knowledge, has never been implemented to …

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

J Klánová, P Čupr, D Baráková, Z Šeda, P Anděl… - Environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
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 …

Conifers as environmental biomonitors: A multi-residue method for the concomitant quantification of pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated …

F Baroudi, J Al-Alam, S Chimjarn, O Delhomme… - Microchemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The conifer is a natural vascular land plant composed of very particular leaves called
needles that are able to accumulate, throughout years, a wide range of non-volatile, semi …

Biomonitoring of pesticides by pine needles—Chemical scoring, risk of exposure, levels and trends

N Ratola, V Homem, JA Silva, R Araújo… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Vegetation is a useful matrix for the quantification of atmospheric pollutants such as semi-
volatile organic compounds (SVOCs). In particular, pine needles stand out as effective …

Presence and distributions of POPS in soil, atmospheric deposition, and bioindicator samples in an industrial-agricultural area in Turkey

A Hanedar, E Güneş, G Kaykioğlu, SÖ Çelik… - Environmental monitoring …, 2019 - Springer
In this study, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),
and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) were detected in the soil, lichen pine needle, and …

Selected organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in atmosphere at Ruoergai high altitude prairie in eastern edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and their …

N Gai, J Pan, H Tang, KY Tan, DZ Chen, XH Zhu… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - Elsevier
Compared to the low-altitude areas, high-altitude regions have low air temperature and
relatively high snow precipitation. These climatological characteristics will affect the …