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Distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the soil-plant system

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The content and composition of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the conjugated systems of [arable soil]-[above-ground plant organs] in background (reference) and contaminated regions were studied. The coefficients of the biological uptake of PAHs by plants (K bPAH) were determined for different PAH concentrations in the soil. Correlations of the PAH accumulation rate in plants with the physicochemical properties of the PAHs—the solubility, hydrophobicity, volatility, and chemical activity (polarizability and ionization potential)—were revealed. The high accuracy, sensitivity, and information value of the standardized parameters K b were shown (with K bPAH as an example) for the quantitative study of the accumulation mechanisms of substances by plants compared to the average arithmetic values of their concentrations in the plants.

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Original Russian Text © L.I. Belykh, 2009, published in Pochvovedenie, 2009, No. 9, pp. 1083–1089.

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Belykh, L.I. Distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the soil-plant system. Eurasian Soil Sc. 42, 1005–1011 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229309090075

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