Low-Cost Monitoring of Airborne Heavy Metals Using Lichen Bioindicators: Insights from Opole, Southern Poland DOI Creative Commons

Liubomyr Bahinskyi,

Paweł Świsłowski, Öznur Işınkaralar

et al.

Atmosphere, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(5), P. 576 - 576

Published: May 12, 2025

The assessment of air pollution is an important and relevant issue that requires continuous monitoring control, especially in urban spaces. However, using instrumental quality measurement techniques deploying meters throughout the city extremely expensive, so a biological alternative can be used—a bioindicator, i.e., species whose vital functions or morphological structure reveal qualitative state environment. In this work, lichen Hypogymnia physodes L. was used to analyze areas provincial Opole, southern Poland. Microscope chemotaxonomy methods were laboratory confirm field identification lichens (atlases keys). selected elements, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, determined atomic absorption spectrometry, direct mercury analyzer analyzed Hg concentration. Factor analysis (FA) performed associate elements with possible sources pollution. highest concentrations analytes found at points close railway roads (Fe = 5131 mg/kg) streets heavy traffic (Pb 101 mg/kg). Statistically significant differences (p < 0.001) between individual which have positive correlation coefficients higher than 0.65. Based on research carried out, different anthropogenic traffic-related activities considered as one main Opole City based results FA. Using additional scale, it concluded surveyed town classified zone IV—characterized by increase number leaf (additionally co-occurring Polycauliona candelaria species), area average level (based also contamination factor [CF] load index [PLI]). Accumulation metals metal-specific varied spatially, thus reflecting local metal deposition. presented here proves low-cost passive biomonitoring effectively support classical assessing

Language: Английский

Muş’da Küresel İklim Değişikliğinin Etkisiyle Sıcaklık, Yağış ve Bunlara Bağlı Olarak İklim Tiplerinde Meydana Gelebilecek Değişiklikler DOI

Sevgi Karahan

Menba Kastamonu Üniversitesi Su Ürünleri Fakültesi Dergisi, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(1), P. 84 - 95

Published: March 28, 2025

Küresel iklim değişikliği, dünya genelinde özellikle sıcaklık artışı ve yağışlardaki azalmayla birlikte iklimlerde kuraklaşmaya sebep olacak, dünyadaki bütün canlıları ekosistemleri etkileyecek, geri dönüşü olmayan en önemli küresel sorun olarak gösterilmektedir. Su kaynakları üzerinde büyük baskı oluşturan durdurulması mümkün görülmeyen bu sürecin olası etkilerinin belirlenebilmesi için öncelikle tiplerindeki değişimin tahmin edilmesi gelişimine göre sektörel bazda önlemler alınması önerilmektedir. Bu noktadan hareketle çalışmada Muş ili günümüzdeki sıcaklık, yağış tiplerinin (De Martone Emberger sınıflandırmasına göre) durumu belirlenmiş, SSPs 245 SSPs585 senaryolarına 2060 2100 yıllarına kadar olan süreçte parametrelerin nasıl değişeceği belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda il oranda olacağı, kurak tiplerine doğru kayacağı öngörülmektedir. bitkiler görüleceği, tarım, orman mera alanlarındaki etkilerin, ekonomisi tarım hayvancılığa bağlı ilde yıkıcı sonuçları olacağı edilmektedir.

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Atmospheric Trace Metal Exposure in a 60-Year-Old Wood: A Sustainable Methodological Approach to Measurement of Dry Deposition DOI
Kaan Işınkaralar, Öznur Işınkaralar,

İsmail Koç

et al.

International Journal of Environmental Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 19(4)

Published: April 12, 2025

Language: Английский

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Low-Cost Monitoring of Airborne Heavy Metals Using Lichen Bioindicators: Insights from Opole, Southern Poland DOI Creative Commons

Liubomyr Bahinskyi,

Paweł Świsłowski, Öznur Işınkaralar

et al.

Atmosphere, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(5), P. 576 - 576

Published: May 12, 2025

The assessment of air pollution is an important and relevant issue that requires continuous monitoring control, especially in urban spaces. However, using instrumental quality measurement techniques deploying meters throughout the city extremely expensive, so a biological alternative can be used—a bioindicator, i.e., species whose vital functions or morphological structure reveal qualitative state environment. In this work, lichen Hypogymnia physodes L. was used to analyze areas provincial Opole, southern Poland. Microscope chemotaxonomy methods were laboratory confirm field identification lichens (atlases keys). selected elements, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, determined atomic absorption spectrometry, direct mercury analyzer analyzed Hg concentration. Factor analysis (FA) performed associate elements with possible sources pollution. highest concentrations analytes found at points close railway roads (Fe = 5131 mg/kg) streets heavy traffic (Pb 101 mg/kg). Statistically significant differences (p < 0.001) between individual which have positive correlation coefficients higher than 0.65. Based on research carried out, different anthropogenic traffic-related activities considered as one main Opole City based results FA. Using additional scale, it concluded surveyed town classified zone IV—characterized by increase number leaf (additionally co-occurring Polycauliona candelaria species), area average level (based also contamination factor [CF] load index [PLI]). Accumulation metals metal-specific varied spatially, thus reflecting local metal deposition. presented here proves low-cost passive biomonitoring effectively support classical assessing

Language: Английский

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