Do airborne nitrophenols contribute to forest decline?
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Environmental Technology Letters
- Vol. 8 (1-12) , 475-482
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09593338709384508
Abstract
A hypothesis is put forward which postulates the possible contribution of photochemically formed nitrophenols to forest decline. The following steps are analysed with regard to experimental data endorsing or contradicting this hypothesis: formation of nitrophenols, enrichment in the aqueous phase, exposure of plants to nitrophenols, and their possible contribution to forest decline‐ It is shown that phytotoxic nitrophenols are formed in the troposphere and have been detected in rainwater. The gaps in our knowledge are discussed, especially with regard to accurate analytical data and subacute phytotoxicity.This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
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