Spatial Transferability of PAH Data of the German ESB by Artificial Neural Networks

Toward standardization of sample collection and preservation for the quality of results in biomonitoring with trees – A critical review

“…Yet, it was predominantly indicated that there were differences concerning the accumulation behavior. Whereas, for example, PAH concentrations in one-year-old spruce (Picea abies) and pine (Pinus sylvestris) shoots from varyingly polluted sites of the German environmental specimen banking program (ESB) are on a comparable level (Bartel and Klein, 2006), the needles of the 2 pine species Pinus nigra and Pinus pinaster accumulate PAHs to a very different degree due to morphological differences of the needles (Piccardo et al, 2005). Similarly, the needles of Pinus pinaster featured a twofold higher PAH concentration than Pinus pinea at the same locations .…”