The utility of Pinus sylvestris L. in dendrochemical investigations: Pollution impact of lead mining and smelting in Darley Dale, Derbyshire, UK

Lageard, Jonathan G. A.; Howell, Jeffery; Rothwell, James; Drew, Ian B.

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2007.08.031

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“…The dendrochemical record of selected trace elements provides a good record of the pollution history, especially in the vicinity of pollution sources Lageard et al 2008;Mihaljevič et al 2008). The trace metal contents increase in areas with active pollution sources and cause changes not only in the atmosphere but also in the soil composition.…”

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“…At sites with important local sources of air pollution, metal uptake occurs through the aboveground parts of the tree where the dendrochemistry provides a suitable record of atmospheric changes related to industrial activities (e.g., Lageard et al 2008). The pollution history can be reconstructed using a number of tree species, where the choice depends particularly on site-specific factors (Cutter and Guyette 1993;Schweingruber 1996).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Lead Isotopic and Metallic Pollution Record in Tree Rings from the Copperbelt Mining–Smelting Area, Zambia

Mihaljevič

Ettler

Šebek

et al. 2010

Water Air Soil Pollut

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lead Isotopic and Metallic Pollution Record in Tree Rings from the Copperbelt Mining–Smelting Area, Zambia

Mihaljevič

Ettler

Šebek

et al. 2010

Water Air Soil Pollut

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“…Tree rings have been used for the evaluation of long-term impacts in contaminated areas and to reconstruct historical trends. This ability has already been assessed for different species (Watmough and Hutchinson 1996;Nabais et al 1999;Bellis et al 2002;Orlandi et al 2002;Witte et al 2004;Vives et al 2005;Aznar et al 2008;Lageard et al 2008;Beramendi-Orosco et al 2013;Cui et al 2013;Geraldo et al 2014); however, given some contrasting conclusions, each dendrochemical study (in terms of species and element trends) needs individual assessment (Sheppard et al 2008).…”

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Increase in platinum group elements in Mexico City as revealed from growth rings of Taxodium mucronatum ten

Mortón-Bermea

Beramendi‐Orosco

Martínez-Reyes

et al. 2015

Environ Geochem Health

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Tree rings may be used as indicators of contamination events providing information on the chronology and the elemental composition of the contamination. In this framework, we report PGEs enrichment in growth rings of Taxodium mucronatum ten for trees growing in the central area of Mexico City as compared to trees growing in a non-urban environment. Concentrations of PGE were determined by ICP-MS analysis on microwave-digested tree rings. The element found in higher concentrations was Pd (1.13-87.98 μg kg(-1)), followed by Rh (0.28-36.81 μg kg(-1)) and Pt (0.106-7.21 μg kg(-1)). The concentration trends of PGEs in the tree-ring sequences from the urban area presented significant correlation values when comparing between trees (r between 0.618 and 0.98, P < 0.025) and between elements within individual trees (r between 0.76 and 0.994, P < 0.01). Furthermore, a clear increase was observed for rings after 1997, with enrichment of up to 60 times the mean concentration found for the sequence from the non-urban area and up to 40 times the mean concentration for the pre-1991 period in the urban trees. These results also demonstrate the feasibility of applying T. mucronatum ten to be used as a bioindicator of the increase in PGE in urban environments.

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“…In some cases analyses of tree rings have been used for assessing temporal changes in metal exposure [42][43][44]. Long-term changes can be studied also by using herbarium samples.…”

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Biomonitoring of air borne metal pollution

Lodenius

2014

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Mosses, lichens and vascular plants may be used for monitoring airborne pollution, e.g. wet and dry deposition of metals in polluted areas. Best results are achieved when using transplantation methods including exposure for a certain period of time. Spreading of metals around point sources can be followed with great accuracy. Often at least semi quantitative estimates of deposition can be made. Biomonitoring methods are cheap and efficient but relations to results achieved by technical methods should be evaluated in more detail.

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The utility of Pinus sylvestris L. in dendrochemical investigations: Pollution impact of lead mining and smelting in Darley Dale, Derbyshire, UK

Cited by 41 publications

References 31 publications

Lead Isotopic and Metallic Pollution Record in Tree Rings from the Copperbelt Mining–Smelting Area, Zambia

Lead Isotopic and Metallic Pollution Record in Tree Rings from the Copperbelt Mining–Smelting Area, Zambia

Increase in platinum group elements in Mexico City as revealed from growth rings of Taxodium mucronatum ten

Biomonitoring of air borne metal pollution

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