Heavy Metal Accumulation in Pseudevernia furfuracea (L.) Zopf from the Karabük Iron-Steel Factory in Karabük, Turkey
| Autor: | Taylan Beyaztas, Ilknur Atasoy, Demet Cansaran-Duman, Orhan Atakol, Sümer Aras, Didem Kahya |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Pollution
Pseudevernia furfuracea Lichens Turkey biology Iron media_common.quotation_subject Metallurgy Air pollution Species diversity Forestry biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause Population density General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Steel Metals Heavy Bioaccumulation medicine Industry Environmental science Environmental Pollutants Sample collection Lichen media_common |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1865-7125 0939-5075 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/znc-2009-9-1018 |
| Popis: | Pseudevernia furfuracea (L.) Zopf lichen specimens were collected every 5 km starting from around an iron-steel factory located in the central area of Karabük province, up to Yenice Forest. Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe, Pb, Ni, Cd, Cr contents were analyzed in the samples collected from polluted and unpolluted areas. A Pseudevernia furfuracea (L.) Zopf sample from Yenice Forest was used as a control. The reason for this choise was the abundance of species diversity, and therefore sample collection might cause a very low impact on natural population density. The forest is among the 100 forested areas that must be urgently taken under protection according to WWF (World Wildlife Fund) researches. Results of the current study manifested significant variations among the contents of these elements between stations. As expected, the pollution sources, such as iron-steel factory, roads and railroads, industry, heavy traffic, and waste treatment plants, have major impact on the heavy metal accumulation in P. furfuracea (L.) Zopf, and, in accordance to their location, samples 8 and 10 displayed high element accumulation. Surprisingly, although Yenice Forest is under protection, results of our study showed that the region is becoming polluted by the infl uence of many pollution sources in the area. The present study also confirms the efficient metal accumulation capacity of lichens |
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