Journal
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
Volume 37, Issue 33, Pages 4645-4650Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.07.005
Keywords
VOCs; needle litter; pine and spruce; GC-MS; HS-SPME
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The composition of volatile emission of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and spruce (Picea exelsa) litter was studied by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and samples were collected by solid-phase microextraction (SPME) method. The list of identified compounds includes over 60 organic substances of different classes. It was established that volatile emission contain not only components of essential oils of pine and spruce needles but also a large number of organic compounds which are probably secondary metabolites of litter-decomposing fungi. They include lower carbonyl compounds and alcohols as well as products of terpene dehydration and oxidation. These data show that the processes of litter decomposition are an important source of reactive organic compounds under canopy of coniferous forests. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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