<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alfani, a</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nicola, F</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maisto, G</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prati, M</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Long-term PAH accumulation after bud break in L. leaves in a polluted environment</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atmospheric Environment</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">air contamination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">carcinogenic pahs</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">pah dynamics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">pah leaf accumulation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">39</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">307-314</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The dynamics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations in the leaves of Quercus ilex L. for 16 months after bud break (May 2001–September 2002) were studied at a polluted site in the urban area of Naples by comparison to the dynamics at a control site in the Vesuvius National Park. Twenty-seven PAHs were extracted by sonication and quantiﬁed by GC-MS. Total PAH concentrations in the leaves sampled at the urban site showed a considerable increase from bud break, with the highest values during the winter (about 3-fold greater than the initial value) and a subsequent decrease, unlike the control site. The control site exhibited PAH concentrations one order of magnitude lower than the urban site. At the urban site, the medium molecular weight PAHs, amounting to 72% of the total, appear responsible for the temporal trend, while the low and high molecular weight PAHs (respectively, 10% and 18%) exhibited only narrow variations over time. At the control site, the low, medium and high molecular weight PAHs contributed similarly to the total concentrations (32%, 31% and 37%, respectively); the low molecular weight PAHs showed the widest temporal variations. Carcinogenic PAHs showed a dynamic at the urban site comparable to that shown by the total PAHs. At the control site dibenzo(a,h)anthracene exhibited concentrations higher than at the urban site</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alfani, a</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nicola, F.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maisto, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prati, M.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Long-term PAH accumulation after bud break in L. leaves in a polluted environment</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atmospheric Environment</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">air contamination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">carcinogenic pahs</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">pah dynamics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">pah leaf accumulation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1352231004008404</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">39</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">307 - 314</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The dynamics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations in the leaves of Quercus ilex L. for 16 months after bud break (May 2001–September 2002) were studied at a polluted site in the urban area of Naples by comparison to the dynamics at a control site in the Vesuvius National Park. Twenty-seven PAHs were extracted by sonication and quantiﬁed by GC-MS. Total PAH concentrations in the leaves sampled at the urban site showed a considerable increase from bud break, with the highest values during the winter (about 3-fold greater than the initial value) and a subsequent decrease, unlike the control site. The control site exhibited PAH concentrations one order of magnitude lower than the urban site. At the urban site, the medium molecular weight PAHs, amounting to 72% of the total, appear responsible for the temporal trend, while the low and high molecular weight PAHs (respectively, 10% and 18%) exhibited only narrow variations over time. At the control site, the low, medium and high molecular weight PAHs contributed similarly to the total concentrations (32%, 31% and 37%, respectively); the low molecular weight PAHs showed the widest temporal variations. Carcinogenic PAHs showed a dynamic at the urban site comparable to that shown by the total PAHs. At the control site dibenzo(a,h)anthracene exhibited concentrations higher than at the urban site</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alfani, Anna</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maisto, Giulia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vittoria Prati, Maria</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Baldantoni, Daniela</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leaves of Quercus ilex L. as biomonitors of PAHs in the air of Naples (Italy)</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atmospheric Environment</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">biomonitoring</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">leaves</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex L</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">rural and urban areas</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1352231001000875</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">35</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3553 - 3559</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)were determined by the GC-MS chromatography in the leaves of Quercus ilex L., an evergreen Mediterranean oak, to monitor the degree of pollution in the urban area of Naples compared to remote areas. Leaf samples were collected in July 1998 from four urban parks, six roadsides and two sites in remote areas. The total PAH contents in Q. ilex leaves ranged from 106.6 in a control site to 4607.5 ng/g d.w. along a road with a high tra$c #ow. The mean concentration factors (urban/control)were 3.8 for the parks and 15 for the roads. The contribution of carcinogenic PAHs (benz[a]anthracene, benzo[b]#uoranthene, benzo[k]#uoranthene, benzo[a]pyrene, dibenz[a,h]anthracene, indeno[1,2,3-c,d]pyrene)was higher in urban area and di!ered according to the site, ranging from 6.7% to 21.3%. The total PAH burden in control sites was dominated by the low molecular weight PAHs, whilst along the urban roads #uoranthene, pyrene and benz[a]anthracene among the measured PAHs showed the highest values. PAHs were positively correlated (P(0.01)to trace metals measured in a previous study.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">21</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alfani, Anna</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maisto, Giulia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vittoria Prati, Maria</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Baldantoni, Daniela</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leaves of Quercus ilex L. as biomonitors of PAHs in the air of Naples (Italy)</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atmospheric Environment</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">biomonitoring</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">leaves</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex L</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">rural and urban areas</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">35</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3553-3559</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)were determined by the GC-MS chromatography in the leaves of Quercus ilex L., an evergreen Mediterranean oak, to monitor the degree of pollution in the urban area of Naples compared to remote areas. Leaf samples were collected in July 1998 from four urban parks, six roadsides and two sites in remote areas. The total PAH contents in Q. ilex leaves ranged from 106.6 in a control site to 4607.5 ng/g d.w. along a road with a high tra$c #ow. The mean concentration factors (urban/control)were 3.8 for the parks and 15 for the roads. The contribution of carcinogenic PAHs (benz[a]anthracene, benzo[b]#uoranthene, benzo[k]#uoranthene, benzo[a]pyrene, dibenz[a,h]anthracene, indeno[1,2,3-c,d]pyrene)was higher in urban area and di!ered according to the site, ranging from 6.7% to 21.3%. The total PAH burden in control sites was dominated by the low molecular weight PAHs, whilst along the urban roads #uoranthene, pyrene and benz[a]anthracene among the measured PAHs showed the highest values. PAHs were positively correlated (P(0.01)to trace metals measured in a previous study.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>