Assessment of Airborne Heavy Metal Pollution Using Pinus spp. and Tilia spp.

Serbula, Snezana M.; Kalinovic, Tanja S.; Ilic, Ana A.; Kalinovic, Jelena V.; Steharnik, Mirjana M.

doi:10.4209/aaqr.2012.06.0153

Cited by 92 publications

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“…Under natural conditions, significant complexity of the environmental conditions makes it difficult to determine toxic concentrations and the adverse impact of heavy metals (Tomašević et al 2004). Heavy metals are absorbed and translocated in plants through roots and exposed surfaces (leaves), making it difficult to discern the exact amount of elements uptaken from the soil or the air (Kabata-Pendias 2004; Serbula et al 2013;Youning et al 2014). As far as other metals are concerned, concentrations in soil were higher than in grass but lower than in animals (Table 3).…”

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Monitoring bioconcentration of potentially toxic trace elements in soils trophic chains

Chrzan

2016

Environ Earth Sci

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Potentially toxic trace elements (PTEs) may be transferred to plants and consequently enter the food chain. Environmental monitoring of PTEs is important to control their concentrations in the environment and, particularly in farmland soils. The study aims at estimating the concentration of PTEs in the soil, its grass cover and collected soil invertebrates and consequently to investigate the transfer of pollutants in the soil-plant-fauna trophic chain. None of the PTEs was recorded in soil concentrations at levels exceeding the limits defined by the Regulation of the Minister of Environment. Mean concentrations of Zn, Pb, Cd, Ni, and Cu in soil were 55, 52, 44, 23, and 10 % of the permitted values, respectively. The concentrations of potentially toxic trace elements in soil samples were higher compared to their levels in grass, except for Cd which was the other way around. Higher concentration of Cd in grass than in soil may be attributable to direct deposition of metal particulates emitted from motor vehicles on grass, rather than soil along the road. As far as other metals (Pb, Ni, Cu, Zn) are concerned, concentration in soil was higher than in grass, however, lower than in the fauna. In the investigated meadow, both grass cover and the collected soil fauna accumulated cadmium in largest amounts and incorporated the studied metals in the following order:All considered elements showed greater concentrations (nearly tenfold higher for cadmium) in fauna than grasses.

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Monitoring bioconcentration of potentially toxic trace elements in soils trophic chains

Chrzan

2016

Environ Earth Sci

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“…sampled around the copper smelter in Bor (Serbula et al, 2013). Serbula et al (2012) investigated Pb accumulation in different parts of Robinia pseudoacacia L. (Fabaceae), and showed that leaves and branches acted as excluders, not as indicators of Pb.…”

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Environmental impact of mining activity in Bor area as indicated by the distribution of heavy metals and bacterial population dynamics in sediment

Filimon

Popescu

Horhat

et al. 2016

Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.

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-The environmental impact of inorganic pollution is pronounced in water adjacent to Bor Copper SmelterComplex (RTB Bor, Serbia), with Cu, Zn, Pb, and As being the main determinants of aquatic pollution pattern. Communities of microorganisms present in the sediments are mainly affected by heavy metal pollution. Some groups of bacteria can be considered pollution bio-indicators, due to their sensibility and ability to bioaccumulate heavy metals, thus contributing to reducing pollution. This study investigates the relationships between trace element accumulation and heterogeneity in sediment bacteria community structure found in water streams adjacent to the Bor Copper Smelter Complex (RTB Bor, Serbia). Our results showed no contamination with copper, zinc, nickel, iron, and chromium, but did show a low to moderate contamination with lead and a moderate to high contamination with arsenic in aquatic sediments within the area of interest. Spatial heterogeneity in sediment-associated bacterial communities did not relate significantly to location of sampling sites, except for iron reducing bacteria. Iron reducing bacteria and nitrifying bacteria were the best distinguishing groups of bacteria. However, only iron reducing bacteria were significantly influenced by sampling locations. The iron reducing bacteria has correlated negatively with the degree of sediment contamination with lead, and therefore, we suggest that this group of bacteria could serve as potential bio-indicators of inorganic water contamination in Bor RTB area.

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“…The highest heavy metal emissions were recorded for Pb, Zn and Ni, as coming mainly from fuel combustion (Romania, Timișoara Environment Protection Agency, 2014). The local soil was alkaline, pH > 8.0 (Țenche-Constantinescu, 2011) and this causes lower element solubility and lower availability for plants (Tomaševic et al, 2004a;Serbula et al, 2013). Pb solubility in soils with various conditions was very low (Adriano, 1986;Alloway, 1995) and terrestrial plants accumulated less Pb from soil than from the atmosphere through stomata and the accumulated quantity depended on air pollution, particle size and climate.…”

Section: Heavy Metals Accumulation In Tilia Sppmentioning

confidence: 99%