Low-Cost Monitoring of Airborne Heavy Metals Using Lichen Bioindicators: Insights from Opole, Southern Poland
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Liubomyr Bahinskyi Uniwersytet Opolski, Polonya
PaweŁ ŚwısŁowskı Uniwersytet Opolski, Polonya
Doç. Dr. Öznur IŞINKARALAR Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Kaan IŞINKARALAR Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
MaŁgorzata Rajfur Uniwersytet Opolski, Polonya
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| Dergi Adı | Atmosphere (Q3) | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 2073-4433 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 05-2025 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 16 / 5 / 576–0 | DOI | 10.3390/atmos16050576 |
| Makale Linki | https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16050576 | ||
| Özet |
| The assessment of air pollution is an important and relevant issue that requires continuous monitoring and control, especially in urban spaces. However, using instrumental air quality measurement techniques and deploying meters throughout the city is extremely expensive, so a biological alternative can be used—a bioindicator, i.e., a species whose vital functions or morphological structure can reveal the qualitative state of the environment. In this work, the lichen Hypogymnia physodes L. was used to analyze air pollution in areas of the provincial city of Opole, southern Poland. Microscope and chemotaxonomy methods were used in the laboratory to confirm field identification of lichens (atlases and keys). The selected elements, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb, were determined using atomic absorption spectrometry, and direct mercury analyzer was used to analyzed Hg concentration. Factor analysis (FA) was performed to associate elements with possible sources of air pollution. The highest concentrations of analytes were found at measurement points close to railway roads (Fe = 5131 mg/kg) and streets with heavy traffic (Pb = 101 mg/kg). Statistically significant differences (p < 0.001) were found between the concentrations of individual elements, which have positive correlation coefficients higher than 0.65. Based on the research carried out, different anthropogenic and traffic-related activities can be considered as one of the main sources of air pollution in Opole City based on the results of FA. Using an additional lichen scale, it can be concluded that the areas surveyed in the town of Opole can be classified as zone IV—characterized by an … |
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| atmospheric aerosol | environmental contamination | heavy metals | Hypogymnia physodes |
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| Web of Science | 7 |
| Scopus | 8 |
| Google Scholar | 10 |