%0 Journal Article
%K Organic Pollutant
%K Filter Effect
%K Forest Filter
%K Forest Filter Effect
%A Randy L Maddalena
%A Thomas E McKone
%B Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment
%D 2003
%G eng
%N 4
%P 231-234
%R 10.1007/s00477-003-0135-7
%T Is there a "forest filter effect" for organic pollutants?
%V 17
%1 <p>7.1</p>
%8 10/2003
%X <p>The short answer is yes, but with qualifications. We interpret the word filter in "forest filter effect" to refer to an irreversible removal of a chemical from a specified environmental system due to the presence of vegetation. Al- though vegetation can accumulate or scavenge semi-volatile organic chemicals (SVOCs) from the environment (Buckley 1982), it remains unclear how or even if vegetation influences the ultimate fate of a chemical. Because published research related to the exchange of SVOCs between the atmosphere and forest ecosystem is limited (Brorstrom-Lunden and Lofgren 1998; Horstmann and McLachlan 1998), we focus our response mainly on theoretical and modeling aspects.</p>