Aleppo Pine Bark as a Biomonitor of Atmospheric Pollution in the Arid Environment of Jordan

Al-Alawi, Mu'taz; Batarseh, Mufeed; Carreras, Hebe Alejandra; Alawi, Mahmoud A.; Jiries, Anwar; Charlesworth, Susanne M.

doi:10.1002/clen.200720017

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“…Due to its distribution along the Croatian coastline, the locally called alepski bor seems to be a good representative plant for studying geographical differences in metal accumulation. Furthermore, Aleppo pines have only been scarcely used in monitoring studies regarding metal accumulation in needles [9,10], data that are more recent are available for tree rings [11,12] or for bark [11,12,13].…”

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Geographic Differences in Element Accumulation in Needles of Aleppo Pines (Pinus halepensis Mill.) Grown in Mediterranean Region

2019

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Pine needles are widely used as bio-indicators due to their worldwide distribution and the ease of sample collection. In contrast to deciduous trees, conifers offer the possibility of monitoring long-term exposure through older needles. Pinus halepensis Miller is a pine species native to the Mediterranean region, which has been used for restoration activities in arid and semiarid areas leading to vast spatial expansion. Needles from pine trees collected in the southeastern to northwestern extension of Croatia’s coastal area at twelve sampling sites were analysed for twenty-one metals and metalloids. Statistical evaluation of the obtained data revealed significant differences for Al, As, B, Ba, Ca, Cr, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Se, and Sr between the different regions. Needles from trees growing on islands did not show elevated levels of Mg and/or Na as a result of the sea spray influence. The differences in metal accumulation are supposed to be linked to the environmental conditions at the respective sampling site, since the species was the same everywhere. By comparing the elemental contents of the soil those of with needles, it can be clearly seen, that the root as well as the foliar uptake contribute to the final amount.

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Geographic Differences in Element Accumulation in Needles of Aleppo Pines (Pinus halepensis Mill.) Grown in Mediterranean Region

2019

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“…Specifically, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans [22], polyaromatic hydrocarbons [23], polychlorinated bipheynls [24][25][26], organochlorine pesticides [27][28], radioactive analytes [29][30], trace metals [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39], and persistent organic pollutants [40] have all been studied.…”

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Libby Amphibole Contamination in Tree Bark Surrounding Historical Vermiculite Processing Facilities

Elashheb¹,

Spear²,

Hart³

et al. 2011

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“…The concentrations of heavy metals in tree bark originates mainly from atmospheric particulates rather than the street dust as the particulates are included within the trunks of tree bark pockets (Sawidis et al, 2012;Bellis et al, 2003;El-Hasan et al, 2002;Al Alawi et al, 2007).…”

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Bio-monitoring of Heavy Metals in the Vicinity of Copper Mining Site at Erdenet, Mongolia

Ziadat¹,

Jiries²,

Berdanier³

et al. 2015

J. of Applied Sciences

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A B S T R A C TThe objective of this research was to evaluate the level of heavy metal concentrations of copper, lead, zinc, cobalt, manganese, iron and nickle (Cu, Pb, Zn, Co, Mn, Fe and Ni) in correlation with human activities and land use at different sites of Erdenet, Mongolia. Samples of tree bark, lichens and street dust were collected and analyzed form the main highway, road intersections, residential areas, remote sites and the vicinity of the copper mine area near the city of Erdenet, Mongolia. The copper levels in all sampling sites with respect to all media differ from each other consistently and are clearly related to the distance from the copper mine. This indicates that the mining activities are the main source of copper rather than other anthropogenic activities in Erdenet, Mongolia. The lowest metal concentrations were found in residential areas. For street dust samples higher metal concentrations were found in the fine grains particles, which were attributed to higher surface area. This research provided strong evidence of air pollution as it could be concluded that tree bark and lichens can be recommended as efficient bioindicators of heavy metals air pollution in cold climate regions.

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Aleppo Pine Bark as a Biomonitor of Atmospheric Pollution in the Arid Environment of Jordan

Cited by 16 publications

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Geographic Differences in Element Accumulation in Needles of Aleppo Pines (Pinus halepensis Mill.) Grown in Mediterranean Region

Geographic Differences in Element Accumulation in Needles of Aleppo Pines (Pinus halepensis Mill.) Grown in Mediterranean Region

Libby Amphibole Contamination in Tree Bark Surrounding Historical Vermiculite Processing Facilities

Bio-monitoring of Heavy Metals in the Vicinity of Copper Mining Site at Erdenet, Mongolia

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