PMID- 27367178
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170316
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1879-1298 (Electronic)
IS  - 0045-6535 (Linking)
VI  - 160
DP  - 2016 Oct
TI  - Investigation of spatial distributions and sources of persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs) in a heavily polluted industrial region using tree components.
PG  - 114-25
LID - S0045-6535(16)30834-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.06.076 [doi]
AB  - Spatial distributions of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were investigated 
      in Iskenderun industrial region in Turkey. POP concentrations were measured in 
      different tree components (i.e., pine needle, branch, bark, and stem) collected 
      at several industrial and background sites (n = 27). Also, air, litter, and soil 
      samples were analyzed to determine the relationship of atmospheric pollutants 
      with tree components, litter, and soil. Spatial variation of measured 
      concentrations and factor analysis showed that the iron-steel plants are the most 
      important POP sources in Iskenderun area. Correlations of ambient air levels to 
      those measured in soil, litter, and tree components were significant showing that 
      POPs are exchanged between atmosphere and these compartments. Results have 
      suggested that tree components, litter and soil could be used to determine the 
      spatial distributions and sources of atmospheric POPs in a region. POP quantities 
      (mg/ha) accumulated in different tree components, litter, and soil were also 
      predicted. Generally, the highest quantities were accumulated by stem and 
      needles. In terms of overall inventory, including trees, litter and soil, the 
      highest accumulated quantities were found in soil followed by trees and litter, 
      indicating that in addition to soil, vegetation is a notable reservoir 
      accumulating POPs. Ambient air POP concentrations were also estimated using a 
      bark/air partitioning model. The estimated/measured ratios were close to 1.0 for 
      several compounds and the results showed that the atmospheric POP concentrations 
      could be estimated from the bark measurements within factors of 0.23-3.07, 
      1.02-6.67, 0.63-7.44, 1.07-3.37 for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, 
      polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated naphthalenes, and polybrominated 
      diphenyl ethers, respectively.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Odabasi, Mustafa
AU  - Odabasi M
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Dokuz Eylul 
      University, Tinaztepe Campus, 35160, Buca, Izmir, Turkey. Electronic address: 
      mustafa.odabasi@deu.edu.tr.
FAU - Dumanoglu, Yetkin
AU  - Dumanoglu Y
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Dokuz Eylul 
      University, Tinaztepe Campus, 35160, Buca, Izmir, Turkey.
FAU - Ozgunerge Falay, Ezgi
AU  - Ozgunerge Falay E
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Dokuz Eylul 
      University, Tinaztepe Campus, 35160, Buca, Izmir, Turkey.
FAU - Tuna, Gizem
AU  - Tuna G
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Dokuz Eylul 
      University, Tinaztepe Campus, 35160, Buca, Izmir, Turkey.
FAU - Altiok, Hasan
AU  - Altiok H
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Dokuz Eylul 
      University, Tinaztepe Campus, 35160, Buca, Izmir, Turkey.
FAU - Kara, Melik
AU  - Kara M
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Dokuz Eylul 
      University, Tinaztepe Campus, 35160, Buca, Izmir, Turkey.
FAU - Bayram, Abdurrahman
AU  - Bayram A
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Dokuz Eylul 
      University, Tinaztepe Campus, 35160, Buca, Izmir, Turkey.
FAU - Tolunay, Doganay
AU  - Tolunay D
AD  - Department of Forestry Engineering, Faculty of Forestry, Istanbul University, 
      34470, Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey.
FAU - Elbir, Tolga
AU  - Elbir T
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Dokuz Eylul 
      University, Tinaztepe Campus, 35160, Buca, Izmir, Turkey.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160629
PL  - England
TA  - Chemosphere
JT  - Chemosphere
JID - 0320657
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Industrial Waste)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 0 (Soil)
RN  - 0 (Soil Pollutants)
RN  - 12597-69-2 (Steel)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Atmosphere/analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Environmental Pollution/analysis
MH  - Geography
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/*analysis
MH  - Industrial Waste
MH  - Industry
MH  - Pinus
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/analysis
MH  - Principal Component Analysis
MH  - Soil/chemistry
MH  - Soil Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Steel/analysis
MH  - Trees
MH  - Turkey
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Iskenderun
OT  - POPs
OT  - Pine needles
OT  - Spatial variation
OT  - Tree bark
EDAT- 2016/07/02 06:00
MHDA- 2017/03/17 06:00
CRDT- 2016/07/02 06:00
PHST- 2016/02/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/06/19 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/06/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/07/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/07/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/03/17 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0045-6535(16)30834-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.06.076 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chemosphere. 2016 Oct;160:114-25. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.06.076. Epub 
      2016 Jun 29.