Monitoring Arsenic Concentrations in Airborne Particulates of Selected Landscape Plants and Their Potential for Pollution Mitigation
Yazarlar (5)
Türkan Sultan Yaşar Ismaıl
Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malezya
Muhammad Danial İsmail
Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malezya
Hatice Çobanoğlu
Düzce Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. İsmail Koç Düzce Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Hakan ŞEVİK Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (ESCI dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Forestist
Dergi ISSN 2602-4039 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler Scopus
Makale Dili Türkçe Basım Tarihi 01-2025
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 75 / 1 / 1–6 DOI 10.5152/forestist.2024.24071
Makale Linki https://doi.org/10.5152/forestist.2024.24071
UAK Araştırma Alanları
Silvikültür Orman Botaniği
Özet
Among the most dangerous pollutants in terms of environment and living health are heavy metals, the concentrations of which have been continuously increasing within nature due to anthropogenic effects in recent years. Arsenic (As), one of the most harmful heavy metals, is extremely dangerous to living beings even at low concentrations. Therefore, observing the change of As pollution in the airborne and reducing pollution are priority research topics. In this study, the usability of some landscape plants for observing and decreasing the alteration of As pollution in the airborne was evaluated. Within the scope of the study, changes in As concentration in five landscape plants growing in Düzce, one of the most polluted cities in Europe as stated by the World Air Pollution Report, were examined in terms of species, organs, directions, and age range over the last 60 years. As a conclusion of the study, As concentration in samples taken from Fraxinus excelsior, Tilia tomentosa, andPseudotsuga menziesii remained below detectable limits. It was concluded that Cedrus atlantica and Robinia pseudoacacia are not suitable biomonitors for monitoring the change in As pollution, but they can be used effectively to reduce As pollution since they can accumulate very high levels of As.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Arsenic | biomonitor | Düzce | heavy metal | hyperaccumulator