Assessment of heavy metal pollution in surface soils and plant material in the post-industrial city of Katowice, Poland
| Autor: | Izabella Franiel, B. Palowski, K. Steindor, Wojciech Bierza, Beata Pawlak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Pollution
Environmental Engineering 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences media_common.quotation_subject Industrial Waste Acer Acer platanoides 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Soil Metals Heavy Ornamental plant Biomonitoring Soil Pollutants Cities 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common biology Environmental engineering General Medicine Contamination biology.organism_classification Plant Leaves visual_art Environmental chemistry Soil water Plant Bark visual_art.visual_art_medium Environmental science Bark Poland Environmental Pollution Bioindicator Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A. 51:371-379 |
| ISSN: | 1532-4117 1093-4529 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10934529.2015.1120509 |
| Popis: | This investigation was undertaken to assess the level of environment pollution by biological monitoring. The leaves and bark of popular ornamental trees Acer pseudoplatanus L. and Acer platanoides L. and soil from the sampling sites were used to perform heavy metals pollution monitoring in urban areas with different pollution sources, as well to investigate the suitability of the leaves and bark as bioindicators of Pb, Zn, Cd and Cu pollution. Plant samples were collected at nine locations classified into three pollution groups based on metal content in the soils. The chosen pollution indices were used to assess the level of contamination according to background values. Soils in the Katowice area are found to be relatively heavily contaminated with Pb, Zn and Cd. Both of the maple tree species did not statistically differ in terms of the investigated elements' concentration in leaves or bark. Only bark samples reflected the pollution level, showing differences between the sampling points, and therefore are recommended for biomonitoring purposes. |
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