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Use of tree rings as a bioindicator to observe atmospheric heavy metal deposition       
Yazarlar
Doç. Dr. Aydın TÜRKYILMAZ Doç. Dr. Aydın TÜRKYILMAZ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Hakan ŞEVİK Prof. Dr. Hakan ŞEVİK
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Kaan IŞINKARALAR Doç. Dr. Kaan IŞINKARALAR
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Mehmet Çetin
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
Trees can be used as good indicators to evaluate the increase in atmospheric heavy metal concentrations. In the last two decades, air pollution in the city of Ankara has rapidly increased with the ever-increasing traffic density. In the present study, the depositions of aluminum (Al), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), chrome (Cr), cadmium (Cd), sodium (Na), calcium (Ca), barium (Ba), phosphor (P), magnesium (Mg), arsenic (As), and boron (B) in the rings of oak trees were analyzed using a GBC Integra XL-SDS-270 ICP-OES device. The study found that heavy metal concentrations in tree rings varied over the past 20 years; furthermore, there was a significant relationship between the heavy metal concentrations in tree rings and the atmospheric heavy metal concentrations. There was an increase in the concentrations of nutritional elements (Na, P, and Mg) in 2010 when there was excessive precipitation. As a result, the concentrations of all elements in the woods of different ages were significantly different at a confidence interval of 95% for As, 99% for Cd, and 99.9% for other elements.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Annual ring | Atmospheric pollution | Bioindicator | Heavy metal | Oak
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Dergi ISSN 0944-1344
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q2
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 02-2019
Cilt No 26
Sayı 5
Sayfalar 5122 / 5130
Doi Numarası 10.1007/s11356-018-3962-2
Makale Linki http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11356-018-3962-2