TY - JOUR
T1 - Distribution of chlorinated hydrocarbons in different ecosystems in Germany
AU - Marth, Petra
AU - Schramm, Karl Werner
AU - Martens, Dieter
AU - Oxynos, Konstantin
AU - Schmitzer, Johannes
AU - Kettrup, Antonius
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany via the German Federal Environmental Agency. All coworkers of the Environmental Specimen Bank are gratefully acknowledged.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - The German Environmental Specimen Bank (GESB) was established in 1985 as a permanent institution for the systematic collection, processing, characterization and storage of representative environmental samples from different ecosystems throughout Germany. Immediately after the reunification a special sampling campaign was performed in representative areas of the former GDR focusing on the assessment of the environmental pollution situation. These samples can be regarded as a basis for monitoring the development of spatial and temporal trends in Eastern Germany. Selected results about the determination of chlorinated hydrocarbons (CHC) in various bioindicators (earthworms, pigeon eggs, poplar leaves, pine shoots, breams) are presented. Particular emphasis is given to the comparison of the CHC burden in East and West Germany with respect to different contamination sources.
AB - The German Environmental Specimen Bank (GESB) was established in 1985 as a permanent institution for the systematic collection, processing, characterization and storage of representative environmental samples from different ecosystems throughout Germany. Immediately after the reunification a special sampling campaign was performed in representative areas of the former GDR focusing on the assessment of the environmental pollution situation. These samples can be regarded as a basis for monitoring the development of spatial and temporal trends in Eastern Germany. Selected results about the determination of chlorinated hydrocarbons (CHC) in various bioindicators (earthworms, pigeon eggs, poplar leaves, pine shoots, breams) are presented. Particular emphasis is given to the comparison of the CHC burden in East and West Germany with respect to different contamination sources.
KW - Accumulation indicator
KW - Biomonitoring
KW - Chlorinated hydrocarbons
KW - East Germany
KW - Environmental specimen banking
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U2 - 10.1080/03067319908047313
DO - 10.1080/03067319908047313
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0033403098
SN - 0306-7319
VL - 75
SP - 229
EP - 249
JO - International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
JF - International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
IS - 1-2
T2 - The 2nd Euroconference on Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Y2 - 31 October 1998 through 6 November 1998
ER -
