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The possibility of using Scots pine needles as biomonitor in determination of heavy metal accumulation     
Yazarlar
Houriyah Ateeyah Alaqouri
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Çiğdem ÖZER GENÇ Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Çiğdem ÖZER GENÇ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Burak Arıcak
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Nadezhda Kuzmina
Sergey Menshikov
Mehmet Çetin
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
One of the biggest problems of modern world is the air pollution which causes the death of millions of people every year. The heavy metals included in the component of air pollution occupy an important position in human health since they could remain intact in nature for a long time and build bioaccumulation, and also some of them are toxic or carcinogenic even at some low concentrations. Even the heavy metals functioning as micronutrient element could create toxic effect for human beings at the high concentrations. For this reason, the determination of the heavy metal concentration has an important role in terms of the detection of risky regions and risky level. One of the primary sources of heavy metals is industrial plants where the heavy metal ores are processed. Those regions might have risks at high level in terms of particular heavy metals. Consequently, it is significant to find out in which level they influence the area around these plants and to what extent the heavy metal pollution is effective. In this study, Ba, Zn, Cd, K, and Na concentrations are determined by analyzing the samples which are taken from 1- and 2-year-old needles of Scots pines (Pinus sylvestris L.) growing in 1 km, 3 km, 10 km and 25 km distances around a processing and mining of magnesite ore in Russia. In the end of the study, it is concluded that generally, the concentrations of heavy metals subject to the study are increasing depending upon the distance, and this increase is quite apparent in some elements, and finally in many points, the concentrations determined in 2-year-old needles have higher levels than 1-year-old needles.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Biomonitor | Heavy metal | Pinus sylvestris | Scots pine
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
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 06-2020
Cilt No 27
Sayı 16
Sayfalar 20273 / 20280
Doi Numarası 10.1007/s11356-020-08449-1
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08449-1