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Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

Title:		"Levels of Volatile Carbonyl Compounds in the Atlantic Rainforest, in the City of Rio de Janeiro"
Author(s):		Braga AL; Siciliano B; Dantas G; Andre M; da Silva CM; Arbilla G;
Address:		"Instituto de Quimica, Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Bloco A, Sala 402A, Cidade Universitaria, Ilha do Fundao, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Universidade Veiga de Almeida, Campus Maracana, Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Instituto de Quimica, Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Bloco A, Sala 402A, Cidade Universitaria, Ilha do Fundao, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. gracielaiq@gmail.com"
Journal Title:		Bull Environ Contam Toxicol
Year:		2019
Volume:		20190413
Issue:		6
Page Number:		757 - 762
DOI:		10.1007/s00128-019-02615-z
ISSN/ISBN:		1432-0800 (Electronic) 0007-4861 (Linking)
Abstract:		"When Europeans arrived in America, the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest covered approximately 1,290,000 km(2). Now, only 8% of the biome's original vegetation remains. One of the largest areas is Tijuca Forest National Park. In this work, the concentrations of 13 carbonyl compounds in an isolated area inside Tijuca Forest, in an urban park with primary and secondary vegetation (Gericino Natural Park) and in two typical urban areas (Tijuca District and the city of Nilopolis) were determined. The main compounds were formaldehyde and acetaldehyde. The formaldehyde mean concentrations were 0.98 +/- 1.00, 1.27 +/- 1.67, 3.09 +/- 1.60 and 2.33 +/- 2.17 mug m(-3) for Tijuca Forest, Gericino Natural Park, Tijuca District and the city of Nilopolis, respectively. The mean acetaldehyde concentrations were, for the same locations, 0.93 +/- 1.05, 2.94 +/- 2.54, 2.78 +/- 0.91 and 5.48 +/- 1.90 mug m(-3). The results indicate that the compounds measured within the forest are transported from the city and that the trees play an important role in removing air pollutants. In contrast, the Gericino protected area is heavily affected by urban emissions, and its capacity to dilute or absorb pollutants is low because of the sparse vegetation"
Keywords:		Air Pollutants/*analysis Brazil Cities *Environmental Monitoring Forests Formaldehyde/analysis *Rainforest Trees Volatile Organic Compounds/*analysis Air pollution Atlantic Forest Carbonyl compounds Tijuca Forest;
Notes:		"MedlineBraga, Andre Luis Siciliano, Bruno Dantas, Guilherme Andre, Michelle da Silva, Cleyton Martins Arbilla, Graciela eng 2019/04/15 Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2019 Jun; 102(6):757-762. doi: 10.1007/s00128-019-02615-z. Epub 2019 Apr 13"