Integrating dispersion modelling and lichen sampling to assess harmful heavy metal pollution around the Karabash copper smelter, Russian Federation

Pollard, Adam; Williamson, Ben J.; Taylor, Mark; Purvis, William O.; Goossens, M.; Reis, Stefan; Aminov, Pavel; Udachin, Valery; Osborne, Nicholas J.

doi:10.1016/j.apr.2015.04.003

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“…In general, the concentrations of these elements are closely linked to intensive agricultural activities, which is in accordance with other observations (Abbasi et al 2014;Song et al 2020;Theo et al 2020). Similarly, severe emissions from metallurgical industrial activities in the region also contribute to the increase of these elements in the environment (Hu et al 2014;González-Castanedo et al 2014;Pollard et al 2015).…”

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Heavy metals accumulation in Nerium oleander leaves across urban areas in Setif region, Algeria

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Abstract. Koucim MA, Belguidoum A, Lograda T, Ramdani M. 2021. Heavy metals accumulation in Nerium oleander leaves across urban areas in Setif region, Algeria. Biodiversitas 22: 3083-3091. Pollution by Metallic trace elements (MTE) has become one of the most serious environmental problems resulting from human activity. Plants, which are the base of the food chain, can take up MTE from the soil solution; hyper-accumulators can store high levels of heavy metals in their aerial parts at high concentrations. These plants can be used in phytoremediation. This study aimed to investigate the accumulation of MTE in the leaves of Nerium oleander to monitor environmental pollution of several areas in the province of Setif, Algeria. The samples of N. oleander leaves were collected from 20 urban areas in Setif Province. The concentrations of seven metallic trace elements (Cd, Mn, Pb, Sb, Cu, Bi and Fe) were determined using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AASF). The results show that the concentrations of heavy metals in the leaves of N. oleander, in general, were very high, far exceeding the certified standard ranges. The order of MTE in the leaves was found as follows: Mn> Sb> Bi> Pb> Fe> Cu> Cd. Our findings indicate that although N. oleander showed a significant capacity to accumulate MTE, the urban areas of Setif province were highly polluted by heavy metals. The presence of metal ions in the aerial parts of the plant indicates that N. oleander is a hyper-accumulator of metals with tolerance to Mn, Sb, and Pb, and can be used as a bio-monitor. This opens up prospects for its application for soil phytoremediation.

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Heavy metals accumulation in Nerium oleander leaves across urban areas in Setif region, Algeria

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“…Recent applications of TAPM include use in a complex, mountainous terrain [53], modelling of heavy metal deposition around a copper smelter [56] and evaluation of health risks resulting from VOC emissions from municipal waste [57].…”

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An Introduction to Atmospheric Pollutant Dispersion Modelling

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2022

The 5th International Electronic Conference on Atmospheric Sciences

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“…Объём выбросов за период с 1907 года составил около 15 млн. т Усольцев и др., 2012;Pollard et al, 2015].…”

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Biomass of generative sphere of Scots pine and drooping birch in the pollution gradient from the Karabash copper smelter on the Ural

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Загрязнение лесов сильно влияет на их биологическую продуктивность, но вклад генеративной сферы в нее изучается редко. Наше исследование биомассы генеративных органов деревьев и древостоев сосны обыкновенной и березы повислой проводилось в течение одного вегетационного периода в градиенте загрязнения от Карабашского медеплавильного завода на Южном Урале. Установлено, что максимальная биомасса генеративных органов сосны и березы на уровне как дерева, так и древостоя, приходится на буферную часть градиента загрязнения, в которой древостой, согласно явлению гистерезиса, переходит из одного устойчивого состояния в другое, и на эту же буферную зону приходится максимальная изменчивость биомассы генеративных органов. Полученная закономерность, общая для двух древесных видов, указывает на повышенную адаптивную реакцию массы генеративной сферы деревьев и древостоев на загрязнение в буферной зоне, и можно предположить, что это отражает хорошо известное явление гормезиса в биологии. Высказанное предположение требует углубленного изучения влияния загрязнения на генеративную сферу лесных сообществ. Forest pollution strongly affects their biological productivity, but the contribution of the generative sphere to it is rarely studied. Our study of the biomass of generative organs of trees and stands of Scots pine and drooping birch was performed during one growing season in the pollution gradient from the Karabash copper smelting plant in the southern Urals. It is stated the maximum biomass of generative organs of pine and birch at the level of both a tree and a stand, falls on the buffer part of the pollution gradient, in which the tree stand, according to the phenomenon of hysteresis, passes from one stable state to another one, and the same buffer zone accounts for the maximum variability of the biomass of generative organs. The resulting pattern, common to the two species, indicates an increased adaptive response of trees and stands to pollution in the buffer zone in terms of the mass of the generative sphere and one can suppose it reflects the well known phenomenon of hormesis in biology. This assumption requires in-depth studies of the impact of pollution on the generative sphere of forest communities.

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Integrating dispersion modelling and lichen sampling to assess harmful heavy metal pollution around the Karabash copper smelter, Russian Federation

Cited by 13 publications

References 23 publications

Heavy metals accumulation in Nerium oleander leaves across urban areas in Setif region, Algeria

Heavy metals accumulation in Nerium oleander leaves across urban areas in Setif region, Algeria

An Introduction to Atmospheric Pollutant Dispersion Modelling

Biomass of generative sphere of Scots pine and drooping birch in the pollution gradient from the Karabash copper smelter on the Ural

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