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

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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