Biomonitoring of heavy metals by Pseudevernia furfuracea (L.) Zopf in Ankara (Turkey)

Yıldız, Atilla; Aksoy, Ahmet; Tuğ, Gül Nilhan; İşlek, Cemil; Demırezen, Dilek

doi:10.1007/s10874-008-9109-y

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“…Water-washing of exposed material leached similar amounts of most elements from mosses and lichens, thus indicating a similar mechanism. Water-washings of P. furfuracea prior and post transplantation were applied also in Ankara, Turkey, by Yildiz et al (2008). Upon collection, the transplants were washed in tap water and then in distilled water.…”

Section: Pre-treatment Of Lichen Thalli Prior To Elemental Determinationmentioning

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Lichens and Particulate Matter: Inter-relations and Biomonitoring with Lichens

Garty

Garty-Spitz

2014

Recent Advances in Lichenology

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Section: Pre-treatment Of Lichen Thalli Prior To Elemental Determinationmentioning

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Lichens and Particulate Matter: Inter-relations and Biomonitoring with Lichens

Garty

Garty-Spitz

2014

Recent Advances in Lichenology

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“…17 As a result, the abundance of the most sensitive lichen species can be used to evaluate air quality. [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] Lichens exist naturally in many terrestrial habitats, however their absence in urban environments may be due to human influences. In such instances, passive biomonitoring becomes ineffective, and active biomonitoring take its place.…”

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Heavy metal biomonitoring study using transplanted lichen, Pseudevernia furfuracea (L.) Zopf, in Kirikkale, Turkey

Yıldız,

Işık,

Aydın

2023

MOJES

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Pollutants in the air and heavy metals are regarded as significant contributors to environmental problems. These environmental issues have a wide range of consequences for living organisms. Heavy metals and contaminants have the potential to alter the makeup and flexibility of cellular frameworks, preventing plant and lichen species from absorbing water and nutrients. Lichen thalli can absorb heavy metals through their cell walls. Lichens are more susceptible to environmental stress than other vascular and non-vascular plants. The goal of this research was to find out the levels of air pollution in Kırıkkale and to generate a city air pollution image using Pseudevernia furfuracea (L.) Zopf as bioindicator organisms. In November 2002, lichen specimens were taken from an uncontaminated area in the Yapraklı Mountains in Çankırı city and transplanted to 11 various locations in Kırıkkale. Lichen samples were collected twice after 3 and 6 months of exposure. Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) spectrometry was used to measure the heavy metals, Cu, Cd, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn contents. The chlorophyll a and b concentrations were measured and also the chlorophyll a+b, a/b, and b/a ratios were calculated as well. According to the findings of P. furfuracea heavy metal analyses, contents of heavy metals were found to be in first period in range of 0.23–0.45 μg g−1, 0,013–0,020 μg g−1, 1,83–2,61 μg g−1, 0,21–0,59 μg g−1,0.37–0,80 μg g−1, and 0,17–2,10 μg g−1, in second period in range of 0,31-0,77 μg g−1,0,014-0,026 μg g−1 ,1,97-3,06 μg g−1 ,0,24-0,63 μg g−1 , 0,45-1,25 μg g−1 and 0,23-6,74 μg g−1 for Cu, Cd, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn. Among the reasons for the high values, traffic, autumn-winter heating activities and industrial activities can be mentioned. At 4th and 8th stations with heavy metal accumulation, chlorophyll degradation (0,22 and 0,18 ugr/ml) had started to be observed. These findings showed that P. furfuracea have a high potential for biomonitoring heavy metals in air pollution researches.

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“…In such cases, the passive biomonitoring is not useful and the active biomonitoring comes to replace it. One of the techniques is exposing bags containing lichen in the polluted area to measure concentrations of contaminants affecting the samples (Adamo et al, 2003;Giordano et al, 2005;Yildiz et al, 2008).…”

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Lichen-Bags as a Biomonitoring Technique in an Urban Area

Petrova¹

2015

Appl Ecol Env Res

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Abstract. The suggested work presents the first application of the lichen-bags technique in the city of Plovdiv (Bulgaria). Plovdiv was pointed as one of the most polluted cities in Europe for 2008 by National Institute of Statistics of Italy (ISTAT, 2011). The study was carried out to estimate the air quality in the areas with high traffic activity, industrial and suburban zones by means of lichens. For this purpose, the concentrations of 21 chemical elements (Al, As, Ca, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, P, Pb, S, Sr, U, V and Zn) were investigated using Pseudevernia furfuracea (L.) Zopf. samples in bags, which were exposed at 4 different sites in the city of Plovdiv. The elements Na, Mn, Cu, Zn and Sr increased significantly their concentrations in the lichen-bags, whereas K, S and Cd decreased theirs in comparison with the unexposed lichenized fungi. Highest values of RAF (relative accumulation factor) were found for Na (3.49), Zn (2.92) and Cu (3.33).

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Biomonitoring of heavy metals by Pseudevernia furfuracea (L.) Zopf in Ankara (Turkey)

Cited by 10 publications

References 19 publications

Lichens and Particulate Matter: Inter-relations and Biomonitoring with Lichens

Lichens and Particulate Matter: Inter-relations and Biomonitoring with Lichens

Heavy metal biomonitoring study using transplanted lichen, Pseudevernia furfuracea (L.) Zopf, in Kirikkale, Turkey

Lichen-Bags as a Biomonitoring Technique in an Urban Area

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