PMID- 19596160
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120105
LR  - 20091109
IS  - 1873-6424 (Electronic)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 157
IP  - 12
DP  - 2009 Dec
TI  - Vertical distribution of organochlorine pesticides in humus along Alpine 
      altitudinal profiles in relation to ambiental parameters.
PG  - 3238-47
LID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.06.011 [doi]
AB  - In forest soils along vertical profiles located in different parts of the Alps, 
      concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), namely organochlorine 
      pesticides (OCPs) like dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs), hexachlorobenzene 
      (HCB), hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCH), heptachlor, aldrin, dieldrin and mirex, were 
      measured. Though local characteristics of the sites are influenced by numerous 
      factors like orographic and meteorological parameters, forest stand 
      characteristics and humus parameters, we ascertained a marked vertical increase 
      of concentrations of some organochlorine compounds in the soil. On the basis of 
      climatological values of each site, we found that the contamination increase with 
      altitude can be ascribed to a certain 'cold condensation effect'. In addition, 
      the perennial atmospheric deposition of POPs is controlled by precipitation. 
      Other key parameters explaining the accumulation of POPs are the soil organic 
      carbon stocks, the turnover times, the re-volatilisation and degradation 
      processes, which vary with altitude.
FAU - Kirchner, M
AU  - Kirchner M
AD  - Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, GmbH, Institutes of Ecological Chemistry, 
      Developmental Genetics and Soil Ecology, Ingolstadter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 
      Neuherberg, Germany. kirchner@helmholtz-muenchen.de
FAU - Faus-Kessler, T
AU  - Faus-Kessler T
FAU - Jakobi, G
AU  - Jakobi G
FAU - Levy, W
AU  - Levy W
FAU - Henkelmann, B
AU  - Henkelmann B
FAU - Bernhoft, S
AU  - Bernhoft S
FAU - Kotalik, J
AU  - Kotalik J
FAU - Zsolnay, A
AU  - Zsolnay A
FAU - Bassan, R
AU  - Bassan R
FAU - Belis, C
AU  - Belis C
FAU - Krauchi, N
AU  - Krauchi N
FAU - Moche, W
AU  - Moche W
FAU - Simoncic, P
AU  - Simoncic P
FAU - Uhl, M
AU  - Uhl M
FAU - Weiss, P
AU  - Weiss P
FAU - Schramm, K-W
AU  - Schramm KW
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20090712
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Soil Pollutants)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollutants/*chemistry
MH  - Altitude
MH  - Atmosphere/*chemistry
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/*analysis
MH  - Pesticides/*analysis
MH  - Soil Pollutants/*analysis
EDAT- 2009/07/15 09:00
MHDA- 2012/01/06 06:00
CRDT- 2009/07/15 09:00
PHST- 2009/05/15 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2009/06/03 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2009/06/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2009/07/15 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/07/15 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/01/06 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0269-7491(09)00301-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.06.011 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2009 Dec;157(12):3238-47. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.06.011. Epub 
      2009 Jul 12.