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Essay heading: Monitoring Native Vegetation On A Dumpsite Of Pcb-Contaminated Soil
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January 19, 1998 |
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Results showed three grass species, Festuca arundinacea, Phalaroides arundinacea, and Calamagrostis epigeios, to be the major components of the vegetation and confirmed their high tolerance toward PCB contamination. Determined PCB content in Festuca was the highest among tested grasses dry aboveground biomass...
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Determined PCB content in Festuca was the highest among tested grasses dry aboveground biomass. PCB uptake by both other grass species, Phalaroides and Calamagrostis, was only 48.5 and 37%, respectively, of the PCB content found in Festuca biomass. The percentage of PCBs directly taken up by the grass biomass from soil was between 15 and 30%...
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