PMID- 25629885
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151005
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1520-5851 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 49
IP  - 4
DP  - 2015 Feb 17
TI  - Biomonitoring the spatial and historical variations of persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs) in an industrial region.
PG  - 2105-14
LID - 10.1021/es506316t [doi]
AB  - Several persistent organic pollutants (POPs) like polycyclic aromatic 
      hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated 
      naphthalenes (PCNs), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were measured in 
      needle, branch, bark, and tree ring samples in pine samples collected at 27 sites 
      (21 industrial, 6 background) in Aliaga industrial region in Turkey. Soil, 
      litter, and air samples were also collected to investigate the relationships 
      between the air and soil, litter, and tree components. Concentrations decreased 
      with distance from the sources and the lowest ones were measured at background 
      sites. The spatial distribution of POPs indicated that the major sources in the 
      region are the iron-steel, ship-breaking, petrochemical plants and the petroleum 
      refinery. Significant correlations between the air concentrations and, soil, 
      litter, and tree components indicated the interaction of these compartments with 
      air. Observed increasing trends of POPs in the tree-ring samples were 
      representative for the variations in anthropogenic emissions and resulting 
      atmospheric concentrations in Aliaga region. These results indicated that tree 
      components, litter and soil could be used to determine the spatial variations 
      while tree rings could be used to investigate the historical trends of 
      atmospheric POPs in a region. POP amounts (mg/ha) stored in different tree 
      components, litter, and soil were also inventoried. Among the tree components, 
      generally, the highest amounts were stored in the stem followed by needles. For 
      the overall inventory, the highest amounts were stored in soil for PCNs, PBDEs, 
      and PCBs while highest PAH amounts were stored in trees, indicating that in 
      addition to soil, vegetation is also an important reservoir for POPs.
FAU - Odabasi, Mustafa
AU  - Odabasi M
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Dokuz Eylul 
      University , Tinaztepe Campus, 35390 Buca, Izmir, Turkey.
FAU - Falay, Ezgi Ozgunerge
AU  - Falay EO
FAU - Tuna, Gizem
AU  - Tuna G
FAU - Altiok, Hasan
AU  - Altiok H
FAU - Kara, Melik
AU  - Kara M
FAU - Dumanoglu, Yetkin
AU  - Dumanoglu Y
FAU - Bayram, Abdurrahman
AU  - Bayram A
FAU - Tolunay, Doganay
AU  - Tolunay D
FAU - Elbir, Tolga
AU  - Elbir T
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150206
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Brominated)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 0 (Soil Pollutants)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/analysis
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Brominated/analysis
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - *Industry
MH  - Organic Chemicals/*analysis
MH  - Pinus/*chemistry
MH  - Plant Components, Aerial/chemistry
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/analysis
MH  - Soil Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Turkey
EDAT- 2015/01/30 06:00
MHDA- 2015/10/06 06:00
CRDT- 2015/01/29 06:00
PHST- 2015/01/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/01/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/10/06 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1021/es506316t [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2015 Feb 17;49(4):2105-14. doi: 10.1021/es506316t. Epub 2015 
      Feb 6.