Detection of the traffic-related pollution by the roadside soil and plant material
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Date
2022
Authors
Kalinović, Tanja
Kalinović, Jelena
Šerbula, Snežana
Milosavljević, Jelena
Radojević, Ana
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University of Belgrade, Technical Faculty in Bor
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Proceedings - 29th International Conference Ecological Truth and Environmental Research - EcoTER'22, 21-24 June 2022, Sokobanja, Serbia, 2022, 219-225
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Biomonitoring abilities of elder (Sambucus nigra) were used in the examination of environmental pollution of the traffic zone in the vicinity of the Bor city (Eastern Serbia). The concentrations of the examined elements in the root zone soil and leaves of elder were determined by the simultaneous dual view inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer (ICP-AES) after the sample microwave digestion. The obtained results were compared with the biomonitoring data related to the background (not polluted) and urban-industrial (extremely polluted) zones. The results indicated the pollution of the roadside soil with the traffic pollution markers such as Cu, Zn, Pb, As and Cd, which pose the ecological risk due to the surrounding farmland ecosystems. The leaves content of Al, Fe and Zn could not be connected to the traffic, while the traffic emissions contributed to the Cu, Pb and As contents in the elder leaves. The differences (D) between the concentrations of the elements of the washed and unwashed elder leaves indicated the presence of the airborne particulate matter rich in Cu, Pb and As in the examined roadside environment. The pollution emitted from the traffic had far less impact on the quantities of toxic elements in the soil and vegetation samples compared to the pollution from the copper production processes.
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elder, biomonitoring, traffic pollution markers, environmental pollution
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978-86-6305-123-2
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CC-BY-NC-ND