Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Chinese forest soils: profile composition, spatial variations and source apportionment

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Chinese forest soils: profile composition, spatial variations and source apportionment

Previous studies reported that forest ecosystems can play a vital role in scavenging anthropogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and act as primary reservoirs of these environmental pollutants. The present study aimed to investigate the occurrence, spatial pattern and source apportionment...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scientific reports 2017-06, Vol.7 (1), p.2692-10, Article 2692
Hauptverfasser: Syed, Jabir Hussain, Iqbal, Mehreen, Zhong, Guangcai, Katsoyiannis, Athanasios, Yadav, Ishwar Chandra, Li, Jun, Zhang, Gan
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Sprache:eng
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704/172/169
704/172/4081
704/47/4112
Anthropogenic factors
Burning
Forest ecosystems
Forest soils
Humanities and Social Sciences
Molecular weight
Mountains
multidisciplinary
Pollutants
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Spatial variations
Terrestrial ecosystems
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Zusammenfassung:Previous studies reported that forest ecosystems can play a vital role in scavenging anthropogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and act as primary reservoirs of these environmental pollutants. The present study aimed to investigate the occurrence, spatial pattern and source apportionment of PAHs across Chinese background forest soils (O- & A-horizons). The 143 soils collected from 30 mountains showed significantly ( p  
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-02999-0