Heavy metals accumulation in tree leaves from urban areas
Abstract
Higher plants may be used as biomonitors for the assessment of atmospheric heavy metal pollution by means of their bioaccumulative properties. We evaluated the reliability of biomonitoring heavy metal pollution by horse chestnut and linden leaves, common species found in Belgrade city parks. The results show that the highest concentrations of heavy metals were found in horse chestnut leaves at Studentski Park site, amounting to 110.2, 20.3 and 4.9 μg g-1 dry weight for Cu, Pb and Cd, respectively, which are considered above toxic levels for plants.
Keywords:
Atmospheric deposition / Biomonitoring / Heavy metals / Tree leaves / Urban pollutionSource:
Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2004, 2, 3, 151-154Publisher:
- Springer Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Funding / projects:
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Serbia, project number 1449.
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-004-0081-8
ISSN: 1610-3653
WoS: 000239114000009
Scopus: 2-s2.0-27144538606
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IHTMTY - JOUR AU - Tomašević, M. AU - Rajšić, S. AU - Đorđević, Dragana AU - Tasić, M. AU - Krstić, Jugoslav AU - Novaković, V. PY - 2004 UR - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/166 AB - Higher plants may be used as biomonitors for the assessment of atmospheric heavy metal pollution by means of their bioaccumulative properties. We evaluated the reliability of biomonitoring heavy metal pollution by horse chestnut and linden leaves, common species found in Belgrade city parks. The results show that the highest concentrations of heavy metals were found in horse chestnut leaves at Studentski Park site, amounting to 110.2, 20.3 and 4.9 μg g-1 dry weight for Cu, Pb and Cd, respectively, which are considered above toxic levels for plants. PB - Springer Heidelberg, Heidelberg T2 - Environmental Chemistry Letters T1 - Heavy metals accumulation in tree leaves from urban areas VL - 2 IS - 3 SP - 151 EP - 154 DO - 10.1007/s10311-004-0081-8 ER -
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Tomašević, M., Rajšić, S., Đorđević, D., Tasić, M., Krstić, J.,& Novaković, V.. (2004). Heavy metals accumulation in tree leaves from urban areas. in Environmental Chemistry Letters Springer Heidelberg, Heidelberg., 2(3), 151-154. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-004-0081-8
Tomašević M, Rajšić S, Đorđević D, Tasić M, Krstić J, Novaković V. Heavy metals accumulation in tree leaves from urban areas. in Environmental Chemistry Letters. 2004;2(3):151-154. doi:10.1007/s10311-004-0081-8 .
Tomašević, M., Rajšić, S., Đorđević, Dragana, Tasić, M., Krstić, Jugoslav, Novaković, V., "Heavy metals accumulation in tree leaves from urban areas" in Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2, no. 3 (2004):151-154, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-004-0081-8 . .